Nokia has confirmed its newly launched5800
touch-screen smartphonein the US is having
problems connecting to 3G networks.
Flagship outlets in the US have suspended sales in the phone -
targeted as a competitor to the Apple iPhone - after users were
able to connect to GPRS networks but not faster 3G ones.
The
Apple iPhone 3G dominates the US market in terms of new
high-end smartphone sales, and the Nokia 5800 glitch will mean the
Finnish firm will lose even more ground in the lucrative US
market.
A Nokia spokeswoman
told
BBC News, "A small number of devices are not connecting with 3G
networks and we are looking through that right now."
But, she said, the phone continued to be sold in "certain
network areas".