Nokia forced to cut price of 'flagship' new smartphone by 50% after disastrous sales - as phone giant cuts jobs and shares plunge

It was hailed as the phone with which Nokia would finally challenge the dominance of the iPhone and Galaxy S.
But the Finnish phonemaker has been forced to cut the price of its Lumia 900 by half just weeks after launch.
The cost of the Lumia 900 Windows phone in the US has now been reduced to $49.99 from $99 with a two-year contract, Nokia spokesman Keith Nowak said on Sunday.
After being the main player in the mobile market for the best part of a decade, Nokia has failed to produce a smartphone to compete with those from rivals such as Apple, Samsung and HTC.
The company was criticised for being late to embrace smartphones and has been lagging behind ever since. It has also been losing market share in less expensive mobile phones.




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I noticed it runs with Windows software,i have noticed that no one seemed to be looking at those Windows smart phone,last time i was in Best Buy...just saying..

Completely agree. I don't know anyone with a Windows phone...

Said it before... "death by windows"

The only way for them to have ANY come back AT ALL, jump ship and head over to Android.

It's amazing, I remember a time when Nokia had the mobile phone market literally sewn up.

Phones evolved and became "smart". Then Nokia decided "hmm we need to pick a company/platform to promote..." ".... I know, WINDOWS!"

/fail