With the short memories people have nowadays, a lot of people have already forgotten or to some degree never heard of Nokia and with it’s flag ship stores closing, it might just vanish altogether. Nokia was once the market leader in the cellphone industry, a Finnish company that revolutionized the way we communicate through their cellphones is now nearing it’s demise as many strong competitors have charged and taken a place in the lead leaving Nokia in the dust.

The company that once owned 40% market share now lost it to RIM, HTC and Apple and now restructuring the organization to find it’s place once again in the race, Nokia has closed what used to be really strong spots in New York and Chicago. Nokia has been having a really hard time finding partnerships with the major carriers in America which most analysts would say is a necessity in surviving the American Cellphone market as Americans expect phone prices to be relatively low because of the contract with the carrier and having a smart phone priced at $600 just doesn’t help Nokia in the partnership quest.

With their two flagship stores now closed, people have little to no source of knowing who or what Nokia is and unless they do something really drastic in the near future, the business would inevitably vanish.