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In business since 1865, '''Nokia''' is a [[Finland|Finnish]] [[Acme Products|conglomerate]] best known for its [[Cell Phone|cellphones]]. Besides mobile devices, Nokia has at one point or another dabbled into various industries such as telecommunications, information technology, consumer electronics, paper and tyres. They also made major contributions to the mobile telephony industry, assisting with the development of the GSM, 3G and LTE standards (and currently in 5G).
Nokia, especially its mobile phone business, was a source of pride for Finns, largely as it brought their country on the map both economically and technologically. The Mobira Cityman 900 for one became well known as the "[[Fan Nickname|Gorba]]" when [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] president [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] was seen using a Cityman during a press conference. During the late 90s to early 2000s, Nokia was a dominant force in the mobile phone business, having been the largest worldwide vendor of mobile phones and smartphones. While as [[Americans Hate Tingle|not as popular in the States]] due in part to differing mobile standards requiring manufacturers to produce bespoke versions for the American market (or in the case of Sprint and Verizon, [[Dolled-Up Installment|rebadged]]
The Nokia mobile phone brand was revived in 2016 when they partnered with HMD Global (now known simply as HMD), a company run by former Nokia executives. HMD develops and markets phones through the Nokia brand under licence, and unlike the Nokia of yore, which owned factories in Finland and Asia, has its production outsourced to FIH Mobile, a division of Foxconn. Phones marketed by HMD Global are either marketed as "pure, secure and up-to-date" in reference to them using a stock Android interface rather than a heavily-modified distribution, or capitalise on [[Nostalgia Filter|nostalgia]] as in the case of their revivals of the 3310, 8110 and more recently the 5310. Besides telecommunications equipment and smartphones, Nokia also exists as a [https://www.nokia.com/licensing/brand-licensing/ brand licensing firm], allowing interested parties to manufacture and sell products using the Nokia brand name under licence, while at the same time leveraging the Nokia brand's iconic status.
== Consoles/platforms developed ==
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* [[Made of Indestructium]]: Nokias from the late 90s to early 2000s, especially the 3310, gained memetic status for their durability.
* [[Mobile Phone Game]]: The [[Trope Maker]] with their version of [[Snake]], first programmed in 1997 by Taneli Armanto and bundled with the Nokia 6110. Since then, various incarnations have been developed and released which often came pre-installed with their phones; unofficial remakes were also released for smartphone platforms as well.
* [[Product Placement]]: Especially in the 2000s when they spared no expense paying various companies and studios to promote their handsets. Music videos featuring Nokia phones were quite common, such as in [[Mary J. Blige]]'s "Be Without You" where she brandished [https://youtu.be/8XNaPX6MKlU?t=70 a Nokia 7370
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