| hunter_alien said:
Sorry for that I read 2 million for the Note :P
BUT, I wasnt speaking about smartphobes, I was talking about feature phones when I had the 100 million number, and thats a fact. The 1100 series sold over 200 million units, and the 3310 sold over 120 million, so yeah, its a fall from grace for Nokia. And why is everyone bleeding money. HTC posts profits every quarter, Samsung ditto, Motorola Mobility was bought up by google last year, Huawei is breaking profit records every quarter so who is bleeding money on Android? Sony? They just bought out Erricson. Alcatel? lets be honest they dont live on mobile devices anymore. Then who?
Like it or not, Android is the best solution at this point if you are a handset manufacturer, and this is comming from somebody who uses blackberry at the moment |
HTC is profiting but that profit is falling fast - http://thenextweb.com/mobile/2012/04/06/htc-posts-weak-q1-2012-earnings-revenue-down-35-net-profit-down-70/
150 million dollar profit, down 70%
Motorolla hasn't profited in years, even after Google bought them and there are rumors that Google is thinking of unloading them to Huawei -http://www.theverge.com/2012/4/11/2940705/is-google-planning-to-sell-motorolas-handset-business-to-huawei
Sony Ericsson hasn't profited in years and we will see how they do now exclusively under Sony.
LG mobile division finally made money for the first time in 6 quarters (10 million on 2.5 billion of revenue) - http://www.mobileburn.com/18409/news/lg-mobile-shows-q4-2011-profit-on-177-million-phones-shipped
I'm not saying companies can't profit using Android, but in a market this crowded I think it was very smart for Nokia to go with Windows Phone. They have complete exclusivity to Microsofts R&D on the mobile side and can entertain ideas like a Windows 8 tablet.
Back on topic - at this share price, Microsoft could buy Nokia at a huge discount compared to what they are worth. But the chances of Microsoft doing this are slim to none. Both parties are in this for the long run and one doesn't need to buy the other. Microsoft has no other option but to keep trying with windows phone and Nokia really can't go to another platform as they have significant hardware and software development invested on the WP platform.
