Nokia Nigeria Assures Of Standard Phones

The General Manager of Nokia Nigeria, Mr Chris Brown, on Tuesday faulted the allegation that the company manufactured substandard phones for the Nigerian market.

?Mr Brown debunked the insinuation in Lagos, as Airtel Nigeria partnered Nokia to launch Nokia’s Asha 501 and Asha 210 phones.

He said that Nokia ideology did not encourage the production of substandard phones, noting that it is the same product that is being manufactured for the American, European, Asian and African countries.

“It will be a lot expensive to start producing differently for each continent. It is the same factor that produces the phones,” he said.

Mr Brown said that although the company had different factories in different countries, each factory produced a particular model of Nokia phones for every country.

He said that there was no difference in the quality of phones produced for the various continents.The general manager said that the company had always held its Nigerian market in high esteem, hence, would not produce any substandard phone for it.

The General Manager said that the Nokia Asha 501 and Asha 210 were smart phones, with high-speed broadband adding that the phones are suitable for the youths, owing to the applications imbedded in them.

Mr Inusa Bello, the Chief Sales Officer of Airtel Nigeria, said that Airtel had to collaborate with Nokia on the 501 and 210 Asha series because of the efficacy of the phones.

Bello said that with the partnership, Airtel would further expand its network to different parts of the country.