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Somini on 18 July 2013
kowenicki said:
Its not that I don't like your statement, I just want you to back it up with some theory or evidence. Otherwise its just a baseless, cheap shot with no other purpose than to put something down.

Its that simple.

cue your next attack on me as a person rather than answering the legitimate question about your sensational post.


Why is my comment baseless and a cheap shot? Is Nokia owned by you that you are so defensive of it?

You really, and i mean really should see things more in perspective.



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Carl on 18 July 2013

Is the increase in smartphones good enough to offest the decrease in normal phones?



                            

Somini on 18 July 2013
Carl2291 said:
Is the increase in smartphones good enough to offest the decrease in normal phones?


No. Which is what i said earlier, but some here don't think this to be self explanatory!



NiKKoM on 18 July 2013
kowenicki said:
NiKKoM said:
kowenicki said:

sigh.

Why dont you just go away.

Nokia lumia sales up 25% last quarter and up another 20% this quarter.  Nokia alone will sell around 40m windows phones this year.  40m is no one? 

Well since that is around the same number Sony has forecasted their smartphone sales for fiscal 2013.. And people are saying that its a bad number.. >_>

who said 40m smartphone sales was a "bad" number?

and how is a "bad number" equal to "no one"

 

Hey its me.. I'm being sarcastic.. Next Up will be some Sony number also around 7to8 million smartphone sales for the quarter and its all fantastic, and they are going To be number one for some on this site



 

Face the future.. Gamecenter ID: nikkom_nl (oh no he didn't!!) 

EricFabian on 18 July 2013

I just bought a Lumia and I'm happy with. Just hope MS put more effort in app's



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Carl on 18 July 2013
kowenicki said:
Carl2291 said:
Is the increase in smartphones good enough to offest the decrease in normal phones?


of course not. lol

I knew.

Thats what Somini was saying.

Hes saying they will struggle if growth in one area doesnt offset the pretty alarming drop in the other area.

Aaaand Im done here.



                            

EricFabian on 18 July 2013
kowenicki said:
EricFabian said:
I just bought a Lumia and I'm happy with. Just hope MS put more effort in app's


check the story today on the number of app developers annoucning they are working on it now.

its rocketed.

Largest mobile developer study in history shows strong momentum for Windows Phone

 

By Rich Edmonds, Thursday, Jul 18, 2013 at 12:51 pm

Results of the largest mobile developer study, spanning 115 countries and 6,000 participating developers has shown that more developers plan to start developing apps and games for Windows Phone than any competing platform. That may sound like something to celebrate, but we have to remember that 71 percent of developers who took part in the study already have work published for Android and 56 percent on iOS. That said, it's positive they're showing interest in Microsoft's mobile OS.

The study was commissioned by VisionMobile to track mobile ecosystems, developer mindshare and monetisation trends. The results and findings are interesting, yet not surprising. An example would be the average developer builds for 2.9 ecosystems simultaneously (a mash-up of Android, iOS and Windows Phone) with Android, iOS or HTML5 as their primary platform 84 percent of the time. This is down from 2011, showing the steep drop for BlackBerry and difficult battle between the Canadian company and Microsoft.

In the past we've looked at stories showing developers viewing the Windows Phone platform as a worthy investment, as well revenue per consumer reports. It's not all about market share either, the study shows 59 percent of developers who are building for just a single platform choose iOS first, while 49 percent choose Android. Nokia and Microsoft both offer developers the chance to win new hardware, services and hand out tools for free to drive interest and development, offering more affordable options for those looking to publish work.

Now that the platform is further securing the third position in the marathon, Redmond will certainly look to tackle developers to the ground and chain them up with the Xbox One and Windows 8. With the stores increasing in catalogue size, we're certainly witnessing progress, just like market and mind share. Just like Tesco's slogan: Every little helps.


not impressive yet. Android store is way more better than this, but it's a beginning



Carl on 18 July 2013
kowenicki said:
Carl2291 said:
kowenicki said:
Carl2291 said:
Is the increase in smartphones good enough to offest the decrease in normal phones?


of course not. lol

I knew.

Thats what Somini was saying.

Hes saying they will struggle if growth in one area doesnt offset the pretty alarming drop in the other area.

Aaaand Im done here.

trap set...

you might wanna check my edit...

lol

Hey, Im not the one you need to tell. I was just getting annoyed with the back and forth arguments over a bit of confusion over what Somini said.

I think theyll keep getting better for what its worth.



                            

SxyxS on 18 July 2013
Talal said:
The biggest mistake Nokia made was going into smart phones late. There was a time when "Nokia" was synonymous with cell phones.

At least they have nice smart phones now. How do they rank in most sold smart phones? Who is third after Samsung and Apple?


that was economical suicide.Instead of pushing their old OS and establishing on the smartphone market establishing a loyal userbase and and than slowly shifting to windows(as there never was a real need to make 100% windows phones instead of 20% nokia OS,30% android and 50% windows)

instead they went 100% with an OS that was 99% unsuccessfull.I still wonder how nokias leading people could have been that stupid.

It is always important to have more than one pillar to be able to stay independent and to react and shift position when things are going wrong,especially when main pillar has a low market share and is very weak-so weak that microsoft released some windows phones(kin) and cancelled production within few month.This was just like betting on a dead horse.



Madword on 18 July 2013

As for Blackberry, i really think they've had it. The reason they used to be so strong was their Business market. After the iphone came out, it basically destroyed the reason for having blackberry for business (I think the way data charges were done was also a factor).

As for Sales of smart phones, and if they are good, and if Sony are good or bad if they have the same as Nokia. I don't follow phone sales numbers.. don't really care much for it, but I guess if either Nokia/Sony's Smart Phones are selling more than they did before then that is a good measure of success. All companies care about are sales, and increasing them and their market share, just like how Tesco are upset when they have made £1 billion in profit but have only increased sales by 1%.... businesses eh!



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