Nokia CEO Calls the iPhone 'Embarrassing' and Then Tosses It

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Todd Wasserman
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Nokia CEO Calls the iPhone 'Embarrassing' and Then Tosses It

It's been quite a week for iPhone abuse. First, BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins dismissed the device as out-of-date, then a video surfaced of Apple's new VP of technology Kevin Lynch running over the iPhone with a steamroller back in the day.

The latest? Nokia CEO Stephen Elop tosses an interviewer's iPhone after calling the device "embarrassing." Elop, who was being interviewed on Finnish TV (don't worry, it's in English), was clearly reacting in tongue-in-cheek fashion. His criticism also allowed him to dodge the dogged interviewer's questions about the Lumia 928's availability.

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