3 UK refuses to sell Nokia N81 due to built in music store

Posted by Stefan on Wednesday, September 5th, 2007 at 1:16 pm under Ovi, Three, Nokia

three_logo_black.gifFirst it was Orange and now it is 3, the operators are making their voices heard. They don’t want to let go of their income. Will Nokia step up their advertising and try to push consumers to buy unlocked handsets?

[Via: Talk 3G]


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    • 3 Responses to “3 UK refuses to sell Nokia N81 due to built in music store”

    • Mobilelifer says:
      September 5th, 2007 at 2:19 pm

      Personally if a network won’t take a handset for these reasons then I would just buy it sim free anyway. The networks generally don’t drive what handset I buy in the sense that I will only buy/upgrade via them, I buy the handset I want and if that means having to buy it sim free then I will.

    • Nokia versus the operators as 3 and Orange refuse to stock N81 at Pocket Picks says:
      September 7th, 2007 at 3:09 am

      […] reports that both 3 and Orange are refusing to stock Nokia’s new N81 in the UK due to it shipping […]

    • Nei says:
      September 8th, 2007 at 10:23 pm

      Agree with Mobilelifer - the networks don’t dicate the phones I buy, so this is no big deal.

      Some people will choose a different phone, others will choose another network… I’ll buy the phone I want SIM free. Ultimately the course of action taken by 3/Orange won’t harm Nokia, it will only benefit the other operators who haven’t thrown their Nokia toys out of the pram.

      3 and Orange need to realise the mobile landscape is changing, first with Apple now Nokia - the shoe is moving to the other foot and they can either play their part or chop their nose off to spite their face. Either way the consumer won’t care, but 3 & Orange will lose money if they carry on having hissy fits with the firms who supply the hardware which is the foundation of their entire business.

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