Q3 summary: Apple joins the Top 5, Sony Ericsson drops off

31 October, 2010
This week was chock full of financial reports and now it’s time for a summary. According to industry analysts IDC, mobile phone market grew 14.6% with 340.5 million units shipped. Smartphones are...

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  • 31 Oct 2010

Sorry to Sonyericsson. If the X10 mini had greater battery life I would have bought one, then that may have changed there position.

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    • pQD
    • 31 Oct 2010

    nokia users have very sharp eyes for piracy. thye want everything free which thye can download at dangerous pirate websites. you can basically get everything for free for nokia on thye worldwide internet.
    That is the case why peoples in asia, africa, europe and sociaIist canada love thye nokia phones so rad.
    God blessed americans prefer thye real iphones and motorolas Made in USA where you can download thye apps for a few bucks on thye credit card.

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      • PVb
      • 31 Oct 2010

      Sails, 31 Oct 2010The processor speed is pretty stupid argument. N8 is not an... moreWell spoken things,this is what i called absolute truth.

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        • 2GM
        • 31 Oct 2010

        Anonymous, 31 Oct 2010most nokia phones r low end with less profit. nokia is like... moreYou make me laugh with that comment. A better comparison would be Nokia is Toyota where you get value for money and Apple is Chrysler or Jeep who have overpriced products that definitely aren't worth that much. Vertu (which is a part of Nokia) is the Rolls Royce of the mobile world.

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          • PVb
          • 31 Oct 2010

          Boofoo, 31 Oct 2010Nokia sells more phones than the 2nd, 3rd and 4th combined.Yet all those sales mostly are cheap featured phones,as for high end ones goes to iPhone or androids.

          Make no mistake Apple might not become number one anytime soon,in fact it won't be the number one due to its price,but it'll always be there and keep their users happy with it.

          Bash all you like you fools,but one thing is clear nothing stop iPhone 4 sales despite those bad publicities,but once average normal people used an iPhone they'll ditch their old phones and switch to iPhone--That is if they could afford one.

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            • pQD
            • 31 Oct 2010

            igor, 31 Oct 2010To all nokia haters, nokia is number one because it makes p... moreIronically, many people I meet at the airports worldwide or in businesses indeed use relatively simple Nokia phones, such as 6303 or e71 because their batteries last forever and they can do pretty much everything and the call quality is great. The interface does not look like a Playstation though.

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              • 31 Oct 2010

              To all nokia haters, nokia is number one because it makes phones for everyone, for rich and poor, for "dumb and smart people". Not everyone has so much money to buy an iphone4,n8, samsung wave, htc desire or similar. And the people who usually do buy them, never use at least 75% of their features, it is used as an extension of their p....s!

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                • Sails
                • ntg
                • 31 Oct 2010

                Anonymous, 31 Oct 2010so what? nokia new line up still using 3gs hw like 680Mhz p... moreThe processor speed is pretty stupid argument. N8 is not an Android phone, so it can actually utilize the very fast graphics processor that comes with it. Also Symbian is lot less resource hungry than the other platforms.

                Besides, do you really think that phones run at that top speed all the time? They can't because of both battery and temperature limitations. This affects things like games where constant power is required. I take efficiency over big MHz numbers any day on a smartphone.

                Try some games with it. NFS Shift is a good example since it is available to Symbian, Android and iOS. The N8 and iPhone versions run and look pretty much the same, the Android version doesn't look as good and lags more.

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                  • UGj
                  • 31 Oct 2010

                  Realise how Samsung slowly creep up Nokia Market Share, their margin is at unprecedented small this quarter. I'm interested to know by 2012, will there by a shuffle in the top 5 vendors again.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • TqC
                    • 31 Oct 2010

                    Sails, 31 Oct 2010Its pretty important to notice that during Q3 Nokia had pre... moreso what? nokia new line up still using 3gs hw like 680Mhz processor and 256 Mb ram. nobody cares when n8 launch at my local store in london!!

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                      • ntg
                      • 31 Oct 2010

                      Its pretty important to notice that during Q3 Nokia had pretty weak smartphone lineup. I mean they were selling a year old N97 as flagship. For the phones they had out there, that is actually pretty amazing result. Apple on the other hand finally got a "decent" update to iPhone, one that most of Apple fans had been waiting for, so their increase is no surprise. Q3 has always been a weak quarter for Nokia and RIM.

                      Q4 and especially Q1 will be lot more interesting. They will tell if iPhone marketshare will actually keep growing and Nokia marketshare dropping. As we know 2010 Q2 figures were lot less impressive for Apple. Also, Nokia is finally getting new smartphones out and even MeeGo seems to be around the corner.

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                        • 31 Oct 2010

                        Olego, 31 Oct 2010"Nokia is faaaaaaallling..! " hahaha, Nokia se... moreWell if you check the numbers in the post - Nokia is falling and some going up.. Nokia is nowhere near the top name it used to be...
                        Right now - Go N8, Go Go..
                        Later - Ohh no ! N8 is going down too... :))

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                          • 31 Oct 2010

                          ZeroQ-8, 31 Oct 2010So you're willing to exchange all the great specifications ... morenokia users have eyes for piracy. they want everything free.

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                            • 31 Oct 2010

                            fjiosf, 31 Oct 2010"SE beats the Nokia like a kilo away in specifications... moreSo you're willing to exchange all the great specifications that i mentioned with sending MP3s from one phone to the other?
                            Didn't you hear about Wifi?
                            That proves my point about Nokia users

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                              • 31 Oct 2010

                              "SE beats the Nokia like a kilo away in specifications
                              In matter of fact all other companies beat Nokia in specifications
                              Nokia for losers"

                              You can't even send MP3's with you SE phone or Apple iPhone. No microSD card slot, hahahaha.

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                                • 31 Oct 2010

                                "Nokia is faaaaaaallling..! "

                                hahaha, Nokia sells more phones than ever, but Nokia is faaaaaaallling..! Right...

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                                  • 31 Oct 2010

                                  Anonymous, 31 Oct 2010most nokia phones r low end with less profit. nokia is like... moreApple = Rolls Royce??

                                  No no, Rolls Royce does not produce in China.

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                                    • 31 Oct 2010

                                    This statistic shows how stupid the world is
                                    How Nokia is the first! their devices are the lowest in specifications! And stupid people still buying them because mostly they are flunkies

                                    their last release (10-2010) N8 with processor 680 and resolution 640 8.9CM Symbian^3 1200 battery 25fps camera

                                    While SE (3-2010) processor 1000 resolution 854 10.2CM Android 2.1 1500 battery 30fps camera

                                    SE beats the Nokia like a kilo away in specifications
                                    In matter of fact all other companies beat Nokia in specifications
                                    Nokia for losers

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                                      • 31 Oct 2010

                                      2toyzki, 31 Oct 2010Nokia is still the market leader and apple only falls to fo... moreAaahhhaahaa eat nokia's dust !!! Let me tell ya Nokia will eat itself going at that speed.. Your dream days of N95 are over.. Give way to others. By the way Apple is growing pretty fast with their 1 phone a year army :)
                                      And they only came up with a mobile like 3-4 yrs ago. Nokia is faaaaaaallling..! :D

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                                        • Anonymous
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                                        • 31 Oct 2010

                                        Boofoo, 31 Oct 2010Nokia sells more phones than the 2nd, 3rd and 4th combined.most nokia phones r low end with less profit. nokia is like ford and apple is like rolls royce. See the difference?