I loved my old Nokia 1100. Durable. Super long battery life. Flashlight.
They seemed to get rid of the basic features (Flashlight, compas, FM radio) and their whole advantage was lost. All they needed to do was add a few features to their existing offerings earlier, and they had some slam dunk products.
Price and marketing was their next mistakes. I haven't even heard Nokia mentioned on main stream channels. Where was the product placement? Last time I have even HEARD NOKIA uttered was in the 1st Transformers movie...
Maddox (Best Page in the Universe) tried to pimp his Nokia when the 1st iPhone came out. But I doubt that even helped.
Nokia still has a chance, but they have to learn the US market and what we want. They might have to just relent and use Android, but I don't see how their products would be any better than anyone else's offerings.
I kind of wish we would switch over to a single system of transmission, like in Eurasia. GSM and unlocked phones are a huge help to the phone market.