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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, especially as it brought their country on the map both economically and technologically. The Mobira Cityman 900 for one became well known as the "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]] Pantech CDMA handsets under the Nokia brand),<ref>[https://www.phonearena.com/news/Nokia-6215i---Pantech-rebranded-phone-available-with-Verizon_id1499 Nokia 6215i - Pantech rebranded phone available with Verizon ]</ref> they did gain a following in its native Europe and especially in Asia–at one point, most cellphone owners in the [[Philippines]] and other Asian countries own a Nokia (most likely a 3310 or a variant thereof, or if he/she is affluent, a Nokia 6600) to the point that you could count non-Nokia users with just a hand or two. Their partnership with [[Microsoft]] and subsequent struggles to stay relevant caused their decline and near-downfall, though Nokia did focus more extensively on its telecommunications infrastructure business and on Internet of things technologies after their mobile phone business was spun off as Microsoft Mobile.
The Nokia mobile phone brand was revived in 2016 when they partnered with HMD Global, 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.
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