In addition, the financial-services arm will be starved of the cheap money it has relied upon to date.

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Their cheap weapons come mostly from huge but fast-shrinking surplus stocks that date back to cold war days.

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This means that we will find out only in the coming months whether European and Asian consumers who bought dirt-cheap, old Lumias before the Christmas are willing to spend a bit more on the up-to-date devices.

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