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boyTi899
15th Feb '07 Thu, 03:30
Where's the 4 in Nokia?

Quoting from someone:

“In Japan and China, the word for “4″ sounds a lot like the word for “death,” so you can’t use that (supposedly, the fear is so strong that the death rate in Asia is higher on days that have a four in them). Is it the fear that’s killing people, or does the number itself do them in? Hard to say for sure. If you check out Nokia’s product list you’ll see that the company is very aware of these issues – there is no four series, there are no products with three sixes in the name, and I could find no 13s at all.”

Observation ko lng..where on earth is the 4xxx series? Ayaw ba ng nokia ang 4?

Nokia has just announced two new devices from their N-Series family, i.e. Nokia N75 and N95. They are absolutely very cool devices. They are marketed as multimedia computers, no longer as smart phones or mobile phones. Tumalon from N73 and N93. Walang N74 and N94.

http://mobile.antonypranata.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/WindowsLiveWriter/Is4BadNumberforNokia_1494E/nokia_n7x_thumb1.png

http://mobile.antonypranata.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/WindowsLiveWriter/Is4BadNumberforNokia_1494E/nokia_n9x_thumb1.png

What do you think?

margaux_sofya
15th Feb '07 Thu, 09:27
boyti: im chinese and its true.. the number four http://www.edepot.com/characters/si1.jpg and the character of death http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c28/NSG_Parties/4.jpg when you pronounce it.. they sound alike.

as for Nokia not releasing any phone with the number four on it... kumbaga series 4... let me speculate on that...

the asian market is a large demographic... malaki kasi ang buying potential ng Asian countries. take for instance China, Japan and Singapore.

China with her huge population is a huge target market. Japan on the other hand is pretty fascinated with techie goodies and Sing is an economic tiger on the rise. ^_^

it wouldnt hurt not to offend a specific target market...

just my two cents

Battosai
15th Feb '07 Thu, 09:35
^ Good insight have you Master Marg.

http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/yoda/img/movie2_bg.jpg

johnpuruntong
16th Feb '07 Fri, 03:45
onga ano.. lahat ng model ay numbers, from 1-9 meron except #4... ngayon letters naman..

diospada11
17th Feb '07 Sat, 14:56
hmmm.... e bat nmn kaia may s40? may 4 prn un... hahaha... jowk lng... :D

kurdapyangbasa
17th Feb '07 Sat, 19:37
oo nga noh ngaun ku lang din napancn un..hahaha

VillPada
21st Mar '07 Wed, 07:09
nice! honga., hindi ko din po napansin yun...

whodoes16
21st Mar '07 Wed, 08:02
dko rn npancn un ah.,hehe :) eh bkt nmn po sa IMEI??

VillPada
21st Mar '07 Wed, 08:29
ala naman po kinalaman yung IMEI pre.... sa number nung chipset yun eh. hindi nila pwede galawin yun... :lol:

whodoes16
21st Mar '07 Wed, 08:32
ala naman po kinalaman yung IMEI pre.... sa number nung chipset yun eh. hindi nila pwede galawin yun... :lol:

wLa lng.,ttgnan ko lng mga reaction nio!.,wahahaha :rofl:

Narelle
21st Mar '07 Wed, 09:24
Tama napansin ko rin..:)

boyangaZ
21st Mar '07 Wed, 09:33
uu nga noh...try ko nga kausapin ung emmisary ng nokia...


ala naman po kinalaman yung IMEI pre.... sa number nung chipset yun eh. hindi nila pwede galawin yun... :lol:


hindi tlga nila pede glawin un, mga tga NTC lng na tulad ko ang pede :clap:

whodoes16
21st Mar '07 Wed, 09:36
uu nga noh...try ko nga kausapin ung emmisary ng nokia...





hindi tlga nila pede glawin un, mga tga NTC lng na tulad ko ang pede :clap:

anGas mo nGa bro.,tga NTC!!.,hehehe apir!! :)

aerotech
21st Mar '07 Wed, 11:57
kya nga noh? now ku lng napancn lging nlumalampas sa '4' May point ka dun...:clap:

whodoes16
21st Mar '07 Wed, 12:07
kya nga noh? now ku lng napancn lging nlumalampas sa '4' May point ka dun...:clap:

oo nga toL.,iba tlga nggwa ng mga kukurukuku!hehe :lol:

aerotech
21st Mar '07 Wed, 17:07
yayy!!:lol:

frans lorens
21st Mar '07 Wed, 18:43
oo nga noh? maybe they believe in those things too...even though nokia itself did not originate from china..maybe they have someone in there telling them these things..whatever works well for their business, ika nga!

you keen observer!

Akatsuki Leader
21st Mar '07 Wed, 20:37
hehehe quite interesting.. di ko napansin yun ah.. great observation skills you have..

niKkay
24th Mar '07 Sat, 20:23
ay naku po..kasi diba.. marami sa potential customers ng nokia eh mga chinese eh xempre naniniwala sila na malas ung 4.. so paano kikita ang nokia sa cp nila na may 4 kung ung target nila eh ilag sa 4.. isa pa.. ang nOkia ba ung may ari eh japanese o chinese..? ask ko lng..

kalansay
5th May '07 Sat, 00:48
kc po ganito... ang number po kc.. nag padulas pababa tpos lumiko sa kanan tpos dirediretso sa baba.. parang babagsak ang negosto.. kapag isinulat nyo ang number 4 sa papel hehhehe

Global360
5th May '07 Sat, 06:15
E ang 1 nga wla ng liko liko, derecho pababa na.Hehe. Pwde rn paakyat

kalansay
5th May '07 Sat, 08:56
hehehe kc ang 1 daw eh no.1 nangunguna.. 1st number... saka ung one nila nde isang guhit eh my pa slant na paakyat tpos pababa tpos sa baba lalagyan pa nila ng patungan kapag isinulat hehehhe ;) ;) ;) ang galing ko talaga at naisip ko un wakekkekek dami ko palusot wapepepepepe

niKkay
21st May '07 Mon, 01:54
hehehe kc ang 1 daw eh no.1 nangunguna.. 1st number... saka ung one nila nde isang guhit eh my pa slant na paakyat tpos pababa tpos sa baba lalagyan pa nila ng patungan kapag isinulat hehehhe ;) ;) ;) ang galing ko talaga at naisip ko un wakekkekek dami ko palusot wapepepepepe

nice! ang kyut! heheh

JenG
21st Jun '07 Thu, 16:48
nice one...nadagdagan na naman knowledge ko! tnx

junnojules
6th Aug '07 Mon, 03:46
nga noh? :wow:

rhope016
11th Aug '07 Sat, 10:35
oo nga noh...ganun pala yun...

boki
16th Oct '07 Tue, 19:43
uu nga nu, talino mo talaga master boyti, thnaks po

ayangko
16th Oct '07 Tue, 20:10
o nga, dati ko pa din napansin na ala ngang numeral na 4 sa alinmang model ng nokia. ngayon lang ako nagka-idea. thanks kay miss margaux! that was brilliant.. :thumbsup:

cyberacks
16th Oct '07 Tue, 23:39
Baka related ang sinumang manager ng nokia corp. sa chinese community! really d number 4 is a bad number for dem ksi pati mga building dito walang 4th flr...

aga_cruz
17th Oct '07 Wed, 09:34
galing mo naman hehehheheehee genius:yipee:

nikko
17th Oct '07 Wed, 09:39
uu nga noh hndi ko napancin ahh!!galing

GSM_BLUE
17th Oct '07 Wed, 10:39
wala ngang number 4 sa china... dun naka base ermat ko..

juancarlomartinez
17th Oct '07 Wed, 11:08
my npansin pko "four" ends s letters "our" db? kpag pronounce m un prang hahaba ung lips ntin kya cguro d nilagay ng nokia s models nila ang my number 4 . Sa dulo man o sa umpisa nya ilagay talagang hahaba lips ntin db? start counting from one to ten prang mhaba tlga ung four! hehehehe!

Mcmms
17th Oct '07 Wed, 11:27
baka naman may pamahiin ang nokia funsui baga :lol:

shamashu
18th Oct '07 Thu, 12:05
walang 4th floor? panu un? after 3rd jump agad sa 5th? ndi sila sanay mag-count. LOLz:dance:

nhuj
21st Oct '07 Sun, 15:05
palagay ko po sa prog po iyan,ksi po nag simula sila dct 1 to 4 at ngayon po bb5 na po.may mga di pwede sa program.subukan nyo gumawa ng foldername na con sa pc nyo,tingnan ko kung makagawa kyo.

nhuj
21st Oct '07 Sun, 15:18
kung talagang malas ang 4 dapat wala ngang 4th floor,kc wla rin 13th floor.sana may basihan sa larangan sensya ang mga bagay-bagay at pala-plagay na yan......at ipanukala na yan sa senado ang pag babawal sa pagamit ng mga # na yan.:rofl: