{"id":59163,"date":"2025-07-12T08:52:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T08:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/59163\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T08:52:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T08:52:08","slug":"nokia-phones-exit-us-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/59163\/","title":{"rendered":"Nokia Phones Exit US Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/tag\/hmd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HMD Global<\/a>, the company that manufactures <a href=\"https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/tag\/nokia\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Nokia<\/strong><\/a>-branded smartphones, is significantly scaling back its operations in the United States, effectively ending the sale of Nokia phones in the US.<\/p>\n<p>This decision is attributed to a, \u201cchallenging geopolitical and economic environment,\u201d presumed to include factors like tariffs, which have made the US market apparently difficult for budget-focused phone manufacturers.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the exit, HMD Global has said it will continue to honor all warranty coverage and provide support for existing customers in the US through its global teams. That\u2019s a good thing.<\/p>\n<p>HMD provided the following statement to The Verge.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup ewrhy38 _1xwtict1\">\u201dLike many global businesses, HMD is navigating a challenging geopolitical and economic environment. After careful consideration, we have made the decision to scale back our US operations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup ewrhy38 _1xwtict1\">Our priority is ensuring a seamless transition for our customers and partners. We will continue to honour all obligations, including warranty coverage and service for existing products, and provide full support through our global teams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup ewrhy38 _1xwtict1\">We deeply value the contributions of our US colleagues impacted by this change and are committed to supporting them during this transition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup ewrhy38 _1xwtict1\">HMD remains focused on long-term growth, with strong momentum across our mainstream business and key segments such as Family, Secure, and Microfinancing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>RIP again, Nokia for US.<\/p>\n<p>\/\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/705046\/hmd-global-nokia-scaling-back-us-market\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Verge<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HMD Global, the company that manufactures Nokia-branded smartphones, is significantly scaling back its operations in the United States,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":59164,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[611,158,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-59163","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-mobile","9":"tag-technology","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114839417308556682","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}