Nokia's online stores are shuttering their virtual doors - the France, Spain and Netherlands stores were the first to go and now the rumor is that the UK store is not long for this world either.
A Nokia Spain representative explained the closing of the Spanish online store at the end of May with too much competition from carriers, which subsidize the phones they are selling. The representative assured that the regional Nokia sites will continue to provide support for Nokia owners.
A Nokia affiliate received a notification that the Nokia UK online store will be closing at the end of this month. There is no official confirmation of that yet, but it sounds credible since this is not the first store to close down.
Its not clear how these closures will affect Nokia - even if people prefer to buy subsidized Nokia phones from carriers rather than from Nokia itself, they are still buying Nokias. But the profit margin might be different - and its not like Nokia is in a good position to be lowering its profits even more.
A Nokia Spain representative explained the closing of the Spanish online store at the end of May with too much competition from carriers, which subsidize the phones they are selling. The representative assured that the regional Nokia sites will continue to provide support for Nokia owners.
A Nokia affiliate received a notification that the Nokia UK online store will be closing at the end of this month. There is no official confirmation of that yet, but it sounds credible since this is not the first store to close down.
Its not clear how these closures will affect Nokia - even if people prefer to buy subsidized Nokia phones from carriers rather than from Nokia itself, they are still buying Nokias. But the profit margin might be different - and its not like Nokia is in a good position to be lowering its profits even more.
