HMD Global Might Not Make Nokia Phones Anymore

By Shikhar Mehrotra • Updated On 1 Feb 2024

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HMD Global has rebranded Nokia’s website and social handles, indicating that the company will soon enter the smartphone market. Although this will allow the Finnish company to sell its products, the development could pull the plug on Nokia smartphones.

Nokia’s official X (formerly known as Twitter) handle, @nokiamobile, is now @HMDglobal, indicating the change in the company’s direction. Further, the official Nokia website now redirects users to HMD’s website, another sign that the company wants to establish its brand instead of selling Nokia-branded smartphones.

The statement published on the official HDM Global website reads, “We’re still makers of Nokia smartphones.” However, the statement adds that the company is getting warmed up to bring users even more, including HMD’s original devices and phones from all-new partnerships.

For those catching up, HMD Global came into existence in 2016. It purchased the rights to Nokia smartphones from Microsoft. In 2017, the company launched Nokia 6. However, back in September 2023, the company’s CEO announced the plans to launch a new, “original HMD brand.”

Jean-Francois Baril, the CEO, mentioned that he wants to deliver high-quality, affordable mobile devices to consumers. Nonetheless, we don’t have a launch date yet.

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Shikhar Mehrotra

A tech enthusiast at heart, Shikhar Mehrotra has been writing news since college for an undergraduate degree in Journalism and Mass Communication. Over the last four years, he has worked with several national and international publications, including Republic World, and ScreenRant, writing news, how-to explainers, smartphone comparisons, reviews, and list-type articles. When he is not working, Shikhar likes to click pictures, make videos for his YouTube channel, and watch the American sitcom Friends.

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