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| Nokia Lumia sales dropped 28% last quarter |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2012-10-18 10:56:34 |
| Things ain't going well for Nokia. Their quarterly results are - again - a disaster, and Lumia sales have dropped 28% (50% if you look at just the US). Windows Phone 8 is really going to be a make-it-or-break-it kind of thing. If it doesn't go well, the company might consider going back to focussing on rubber boots. |
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| RE[2]: Comment by TBPrince |
| By TBPrince on 2012-10-19 21:09:32 |
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> Last year it sold many more. Sales are decreasing (not only smartphones but also dumbphones which where Nokia´s strong point) while the competors and the total amount of mobile phones in the world are increasing. That´s a total failure in my opinion. Except that number of phone sold in Q3 2012 increased over Q2 by more than 4 millions. Plus analysts forecast a drop in smartphone sales (i.e. those priced at $300 or above) of more than 10% next quarter and those phones accounts for 70% of phone sales for Samsung and 100% for Apple. I'm surprised people think Nokia is going belly up when it sold more than 77 millions phones this last quarter only. Or maybe I'm not. |
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| RE[5]: Comment by Loreia |
| By pos3 on 2012-10-20 05:20:50 |
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where are you getting the asha numbers? You can get a android mobile for asha prices here. People still but nokia here because of it previous brand recognition but not much wp. Nokiad android would have made them no.1 atleast here. |
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| RE[2]: Comment by smashIt |
| By enx23 on 2012-10-20 11:56:30 |
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As samshlt wrote Elop has done a good job at Nokia. Elop deserves a bonus for it! Microsoft does not need to buy Nokia! All Microsoft needs from Nokia is its patent portofolio which now/soon Microsoft will buy it super cheap! After this Microsoft will sue the hell out of Android/Samsung/HTC/Google and there will be another vector of attack against Android from Microsoft (beside Apple). Large companies like Motorola, Nokia, Samsung will sell their patent portofolio only and only IF they are on their knees and on verge of bankrupcy. Microsoft needs desperatly a large&solid patent portofolio in mobile arena in order to be able to push better Windows (and destroy Android). For this Microsoft chose Nokia and it sucked it blood out of it using the Trojan horse called Elop. Indeed it might be that after Android is "crippled" in patent war (Microsoft vs Android; Apple vs Android) that Windows will emerge as no 2 in mobile area but in order this to happen Nokia must die and Microsoft must buy its patent portofolio and many years will pass. I really hope that this scenario will not become true and Nokia will fire very soon Elop and concentrate more on Meego/Android! Edited 2012-10-20 12:01 UTC |
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| RE[6]: Comment by Loreia |
| By Nelson on 2012-10-20 15:14:11 |
| From Nokia's Q3 results |
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| RE[8]: Comment by Loreia |
| By Nelson on 2012-10-20 15:27:17 |
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> Come on. First it was not a "simulation" but a lie. The spots say "made with Lumia" and that was the full and only point, the proof and Nokia got caught lying, faking the proof. Second they even had to sorry in public, all the press covered the story that Nokia was forced to lie cause they promise the product can do something, a unique selling point, it cannot do. No, quite clearly, it was a simulated environment. Its not like the camera was shown to do something it can't. It clearly can, and they've demonstrated it amply. The only conspiracy theorists left are people with an axe to grind with Nokia. > Theird this is NOT standard in any way. This is a miserable disrespecting fool lie into customers face. Forth never ever did Nokia in its long and very successful company history handle its customers like that till Elop. Nokia was named "the giant gentlement"! Now its neither a giant nor a gentlemen any longer. I suppose you think the Apple commercials on TV aren't simulations of the OS, or the Samsung Galaxy Tab commercials show the real deal. Hint: They don't. You're probably the reason some commercials have to disclose not to try these things at home. > PLEASE inform yourself. They have not. Even Microsoft employees, those who hack on that code, do not have access to the full source code. The components are split and there are countless different integration layers. You do not need full access to the code to differentiate. Nokia does have a say in development, and more integration opportunities than other OEMs. The extent is undisclosed, so I find it kind of funny you pretend to know. Spare me your stupid diatribe. > Yes, like shipping another default wallpaper or iconset. You are aware that WP7 Lunia was and is way closer to vanilla WP7 then HTC Titan and Samsung Omnia? Are you? Except that Nokia has the most value add on the platform with their OEM apps. NFC integration, Bluetooth contact transfer. Exclusive 2nd party apps. Custom camera integration with their Camera Extras app including Scaldo tech. Stop making shit up. > You mean the 920T for China Mobile but it seems you don't know what the T means... I will give you a hint. China Mobile also already (read past and present) offered the Nokia 801T as Nokia 800 counterpart. Its a special variant made only for China Mobile, the worlds number 1. Its running Symbian! http://www.91mobiles.com/nokia-8... No. The Lumia 920 running Windows Phone is coming to China Mobile. > Received, past, correct. Starting soon the one year WP license free part is over and Nokia needs to start paying the same sums to Microsoft. Ups. Nokia doesn't have to pay a quarter billion a quarter. Also, Microsoft pays Nokia patent license fees, and mapping license fees. Microsoft also matches OEM marketing efforts. |
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| RE[5]: Comment by Loreia |
| By dsmogor on 2012-10-21 13:16:49 |
| Couldn't agree more. The fact that you might need a browser from time to time shouldn't mean that phoning and textibg has to suck. |
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| RE[2]: Expected |
| By zima on 2012-10-25 23:37:19 |
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Symbian, Maemo, "stable, reliable"? ROTFL (and WM at least competes favourably in those regards with an average Android) |
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