Lumia 920T is the Chinese version of the flagship Nokia Lumia 920 available in the United States.
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The question is will Indian and Chinese consumers continue to want Nokia phones if they are shunned by American and European buyers?
TCL, Bird and other Chinese handset OEMs believed that if an Indian saw a cheap Chinese handset in a New Delhi shop, compared to the higher-priced Nokia and Samsung handsets, he would buy the Chinese one immediately.
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Low-end competition from Chinese and Indian makers has added to Nokia's woes.
"We have a very good working relationship with the Chinese authorities, " Lucy Nichols, Nokia's global director of intellectual property rights and brand protection, told CNN.
One lesson that Apple can learn is that not long ago, Nokia used to own the Chinese market but it became so popular that it lost its appeal to the elites.
In order to push WP8 into these markets, Nokia has garnered support from the Chinese carriers for the latest Lumia models.
Last year, InterDigital lodged a complaint against Huawei, along with another Chinese phone maker ZTE and Finland's Nokia, accusing them of infringing seven of its patents.
In a nutshell, the T7-00 appears to be a downgraded version of Nokia's N8 imaging flagship for the Chinese market.
Nokia also plans to launch the cheaper Lumia 610 on some of the Chinese carriers soon.
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The growing Chinese demand is an indicator of where mobile phone manufacturers such as Apple, Samsung, Nokia, Research in Motion and others will be seeing most of their sales growth in the coming years.
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In addition to competition from established players like Nokia, Apple, Samsung and Sony Ericsson, Motorola is facing competition from newer Chinese players like ZTE and Huawei in the lower priced handset market, which is taking share in the lower priced handset market.
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However, this did not happen, as Nokia, Samsung, LG and other multinationals launched attractive new model designs especially for the Chinese market and established myriad handset sales outlets and channels in smaller cities and towns throughout China.
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Mr Yam expects there to be 4, 000 by the end of the year and 6, 000-7, 000 eventually. (He reckons Apple has 3, 500 and that Nokia and Samsung have 9, 000 each.) HTC is also introducing phones tailored for the Chinese market.
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