In the history of mobile phone names, some have been good, some have been bad and some have been downright ugly. Nokia's Lumia brand may not sell well in Spain - in some dialects, the term means 'prostitute'.
By now, however, it has been dragged from obscurity very much into the public eye. The hi-tech handsets are designed to put Nokia back in competition with rivals Samsung and Apple in the smartphone market - despite the name. Other firms have also made similar marketing blunders - in when Ford launched its new model, the Pinto, it was not well received in Brazil. Perhaps the most notorious error, however, was by beer makers Coors.
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