HMD’s statement, posted on Threads by Wired’s Julian Chokkattu, does suggest that the tariffs are what prompted the company’s decision. Given that it makes budget and feature.
What just happened? Not for the first time, Nokia phones are being killed off in the United States. HMD Global, the company that licenses the Nokia brand, says it is scaling back its US operations due to the « challenging » geopolitical and economic environment. Even its own HMD-branded devices are no longer being sold from its website in the United States.
HMD’s statement, posted on Threads by Wired’s Julian Chokkattu, does suggest that the tariffs are what prompted the company’s decision. Given that it makes budget and feature phones, it’s likely that the Finnish firm could not keep prices as low as it wanted in the US.
