Nokia Q2 results are out, profits fall as smartphones get cheaper

22 July, 2010
And the results are in - Nokia just announced their Q2 financial results. To summarize - sales are up, profits are down, shifting currency exchange rates didn't help and smartphones have sold more units and...

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  • Anonymous
  • R1Y
  • 22 Jul 2010

[deleted post]so are you gonna tell me wat phone you're using or are you just gonna keep talking aimlessly? and how many of the phones that you mentioned have you used? i get a new phone ever 4-5 months so i know exactly wats garbage about wat phones...

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    • mikey
    • R1Y
    • 22 Jul 2010

    ...to all you say wat you want, but the numbers have the say. the fact is, if nokia was garbage, their market share would have fallen, and it hasn't. sooo unless you guys can change that, there's no point in arguing about wats better than wat.
    - indeed nokia is changing thier ways and giving the customers wat they want with the n8 (they released a statement saying they wont release the n8 till they've made sure that they've put in wat the customers have previously asked for). so hopefully they'll do things right this time.

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      • Anonymous
      • R1Y
      • 22 Jul 2010

      ALonZo, 22 Jul 2010First of all calm down pal! Your getting stressed out and a... moreyou're telling me to calm down? you're the one the thats talking smack like nokia did something to you directly givin ur life story. no one cares about how much you hate em.
      and did i not say that nokia has 20+ set a year? each phone is targeted towards a different set of people. the n900 is not competition for the iphone, the n97 mmight have been but nokia themselves ssaid DONT compare the n900 to the n97 becuase maemo's goal was something differemt. n900 was released as a stepping stone for meego which is wayyy beyond wat the iphone is aiming for. thier thinking ahead for compatibility on laptops, tv's, shopping centre stations. go do your research...

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        • ERMANO
        • n$x
        • 22 Jul 2010

        ;d

        thats obvious.

        how on earth is iphone and htc are making unexpected profits? coz they are manufacturing what a customer wants in an entertainment device.

        nokia really needs alot of innovation around. things are not in favor of finnish company.

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          • Anonymous
          • R1Y
          • 22 Jul 2010

          Anonymous, 22 Jul 2010the fact that your replying to every post of mine proves th... moreexactly, so if you haven't seen the phone or used it, why are you bashing it? and atleast im in the right forum, atleast im not reading about things i hate.

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            • ALonZo
            • Mfx
            • 22 Jul 2010

            Anonymous, 22 Jul 2010you must have made up the fact that they were supposed to b... moreFirst of all calm down pal! Your getting stressed out and angry over nothing! If you see the nature of this debate, its aimed at Nokia SMARTPHONES! Not Nokia low-mid range phones. Now you say the N900 and N8 is not in the same league as the iPhone: Your the 1st person I have come across to ever say that! Im shocked! In Apple forums we get 100's of Nokia fans coming into bashing the iPhone saying the likes of the 5800 is better! The n900 is better! The n8 is an iPhone killer! Hence my points!!!!

            Now onto Nokia smartphones. Are you saying Nokia are not aiming to make smartphones to compete with Android and the iPhone? Thats not true at all. Nokia are 100% trying to make their smartphones compete with other top end smartphones!!!! Again not one Nokia fan has ever said what you have, fair play if thats what you think though. But Nokia are failing in their smartphone section because of their OS and UI. Which is basically what im trying to say, Nokia need to ditch Symbian and go Android in order to compete. And they to stop overhyping their "high end" devices!

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              • Anonymous
              • NhR
              • 22 Jul 2010

              [deleted post]the fact that your replying to every post of mine proves that your the one without a life and i can't tell you what i think about the N8 because i haven't tried it yet because i don't base my opinion on videos and screen shots

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                • Anonymous
                • NhR
                • 22 Jul 2010

                Anonymous, 22 Jul 2010you must have made up the fact that they were supposed to b... moreblame the fanboys not me for saying this term on every handset that nokia releases

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                  • Anonymous
                  • R1Y
                  • 22 Jul 2010

                  Anonymous, 22 Jul 2010indeed how many times i heard the term ( iphone killer ) th... moreyou must have made up the fact that they were supposed to be iphone killers in ur head, cause no where on this planet did nokia say they were supposed to be iphone killers. how could nokia even possilby think to kill the iphone wen the 5800 was thier FIRST touch screen phone. and not to forgot, that the 5800 was only being sold for $99 on a 3 yr term wen it was released.
                  the n900 isn't in the same league, so before you talk smack, think about wat you're saying. you're comparing an internet tablet to a multimedia toy. n900 is a boss mans phone, for people who wanna do open source stuff for them selves, who wanna run linux apps oh thier phones. its a completely different mind set. step back home-boy, you got nothing but jealousy

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                    • Anonymous
                    • mJq
                    • 22 Jul 2010

                    Nokia Nokia Nokia what is going on...
                    I love your OVI services
                    I love your free maps navigation
                    I love how you update the firmware and listen to customers

                    but from a Nokia Fan upgrade your hardware come on...
                    for me from the E90 the only worthy phone is the N900 only...
                    Upgrade Upgade and Upgrade the hardware and start using the NEW OMAPS Processors

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                      • Anonymous
                      • NhR
                      • 22 Jul 2010

                      Anonymous, 22 Jul 2010buddy, wat the hell are you talking about? why are you comp... moresame for you why wasting time talking about iphone if you don't like it ??

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                        • Anonymous
                        • NhR
                        • 22 Jul 2010

                        ALonZo, 22 Jul 2010You forgot the horrible N86, the bug ridden N85, the N95 wa... moreindeed how many times i heard the term ( iphone killer ) the 5800 was supposed to be an iphone killer , the N97 was supposed to be an iphone killer , the X6 was supposed to be an iphone killer , the N900 was supposed to be killer and all of them are dead and iphone and the N8 is dead before it's even released

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                          • Anonymous
                          • R1Y
                          • 22 Jul 2010

                          ALonZo, 22 Jul 2010You forgot the horrible N86, the bug ridden N85, the N95 wa... morebuddy, wat the hell are you talking about? why are you comparing $300 nokia phones to $1000 iphones? the n8 is how much? yea like $500... iphone is how much?... wats the focus of the n8? wats the focu of the iphone? they're on COMPLETELYYY different leagues. stop being a little b!tch and go play with ur iphone. i dono why you haters waste ur time here if you're not even interested in the product.

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                            • Andy Burgin
                            • 3pH
                            • 22 Jul 2010

                            Nokia have got to stop thinking, because of there good name with the Public that they can release any mobile an it will be Successful,They have always Reacted to Slowly in different sections of the Mobile Market,We got the Camera Section,Samsung an Sony Ericsson released the Pixon 12 an Satio-but Nothing from Nokia to Compete with these phones at all until the Current N8,a year to late,They Released the N900 which was to compete with Apple an Android phones an Nokia did the Big Mistake making the N900 to Bulky so how can than attract Buyers as people want thin an Pocket size mobiles nowdays,they have got to Change Ideas at Nokia thinking the Refurbished Materials might be cost cutting,but the Plastic Mobiles lose there Value Quicker as it Scratches an Marks more easily than Metal,hope after the N8 hope we do get Metal Bodies on its Future Mobiles,There as got to be a big shake up at Nokia to get themselves sorted out Quickly

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                              • Zach
                              • j{k
                              • 22 Jul 2010

                              Dont worry nokia ill be there for you.

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                                • ALonZo
                                • Mfx
                                • 22 Jul 2010

                                ezekiel_zick, 22 Jul 2010Hahaha..! I d0n't Care..! Watever happens.. I'm stil a N0ki... moreGood for you! If you like Nokias then thats your choice. Like I say, I have owned many Nokias in my time and was a big time fanboy. But my memories will only remain for the low-mid range devices. The 8800 sirocco was high end of a different kind, it was a lovely looking phone but definately not worth its high price, considering it had mid range Nokia phone features, meaning you were only paying for the components. I luckily got mine cheap and on contract back in the day.

                                But I have no respect for Nokia smartphones.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • R1Y
                                  • 22 Jul 2010

                                  Anonymous, 22 Jul 2010your precious nokia is not flawless either N76= big disapp... moreyou're talking about problems with 3 devices out of 500+... apple has ONE DEVICE.. therefore all the research, design, engineering, budget and os goes into ONE phone and apple CAN'T even do that right. Nokia makes over 20 new sets a year and there's so many classes, os's, interfaces, and various sets of technologies that goes into each one. So dont compare nokia to apple.... nokia's like tiger, and apple is like a house cat in comparison (i.e. nokia OWNS the mobile phone market)

                                  .. also the 5800 was the first touch phone and n97 was the second touch/first n-series phones released by nokia, so problems were expected. symbian wasn't built to be touch based, but apple os was. look at all the AMAZING and MILESTONE phones nokia HAS come up with... n95/n95 8gb, n82, n900, n85/n86, e71/e72, e90, n73, x6, 5310, 8800 arte... these are all phones that got nokia thier name and thier sales...

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • NhS
                                    • 22 Jul 2010

                                    ezekiel_zick, 22 Jul 2010Hahaha..! I d0n't Care..! Watever happens.. I'm stil a N0ki... moregood for you until you'll be the one and only fan maybe nokia will make discounts for you

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                                      • ALonZo
                                      • Mfx
                                      • 22 Jul 2010

                                      Anonymous, 22 Jul 2010your precious nokia is not flawless either N76= big disapp... moreYou forgot the horrible N86, the bug ridden N85, the N95 was probably Nokia's top smartphone yet even that couldnt compete highly with its competition.

                                      The N8...Knowing Nokia very well, it will no way reach the dizzy heights of being an "iPhone Killer" like Nokia fans have claimed it will be. It will be another Nokia which will go down the same road as their 1st capacitive screen handset the X6....over-hyped, failed to live up to expectations and trailing behind its competition!

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • NhS
                                        • 22 Jul 2010

                                        ALonZo, 22 Jul 2010See this is the thing about the N8. Nokia have announced th... moreindeed even apple with the antenna problem still managed to make amazing sales better than nokia