Nokia Facts

Nokia never released a phone in the 4xxx series because the number 4 sounds like the word for "death" in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese. They avoided it as a leading digit for decades until finally releasing the Nokia 4.2 in 2019.

In Finland, fines are income-based. In 2002, a Nokia executive received a US$103,000 speeding ticket.

Nokia was once famous as a manufacturer of toilet paper.