Nokia lose some turf in 2008, promise to make up for it

23 Jan, 2009
The end of 2008 saw Nokia lose no less than 3 percents of its market share compared to last year. Slipping down to an estimated 37% the company also didn’t manage to fulfill its objective of retaining 39% of the...

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  • 25 Jan 2009

Anonymous, 25 Jan 2009Yap,s60 implemented in innov8 much2 dull n seems inferior,b... moreOnly time will tell whether Samsung can implement S60 in such a way as to match S60 implementation in Nokia phones.

That said, i think you are missing the bigger picture. Market share wars are not not won with high end phones like Innov 8, N96 et al, but with lower to mid spec phones. It's that presence which Nokia is very strong on and which rivals lack. Can you tell me a credible rival to the Nokia 1100?, you will find that not many competitors can come up with something half as good as that.

I have sampled low end phones by Motorola, Samsung and LG, and i must say it was a disapointing experience, the phones are just crap to the point of unusable. Imagine, with the Motorola F3 you almost have to be a rocket scientist to find the call register, with the 1100,it's just 2 clicks away. If there is one thing you can't fault Nokia on, is it's simplicity.

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    • fanboy
    • u3x
    • 25 Jan 2009

    To all NOK hatter, they are being crazy, why #1 is more bad than #2 or #3 and #4, only #2 #3 #4 and #5, are being really crazy. If you are a humman should be understand. Thank! think again

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      • Anonymous
      • ji{
      • 25 Jan 2009

      Competition become tougher n tougher..i hope battle between nokia as 1st rank market share with their powerful s60 platform vs samsung as biggest n giants asian vendor with their multiplatform like winmo,android,n s60 too will make good impact for us,we will see better devices than before,but lg,moto,n se can steal the moment if nokia n samsung make mistake

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        • Anonymous
        • UD}
        • 25 Jan 2009

        believe me guys, Nokia will make for it.. expect it to increase up to 30% again... GO NOKIA!!!!

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          • F4IRUL
          • 25K
          • 25 Jan 2009

          for years nokia had been a major brand company release many variety of phones, but theres still rivals that want to compete with this brand such as sony ericsson and motorola, even thou, nokia's luck never change since people changes styles and tech nowdays, nokia's tech is still the same,making everyone bored and so on, the only way to get out is to change tech, look and style.

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            • P}v
            • 25 Jan 2009

            f4tron , 23 Jan 20091. Nokia - 470 million 2. Samsung - 200 million 3. LG - 1... moreDear f4tron
            From where you get this info about market share, please tell me the link of website.

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              • Anonymous
              • ji{
              • 25 Jan 2009

              Anonymous, 25 Jan 2009Why i compared innov8 with n95? Coz n96 much2 inferior comp... moreSorry there's a mistake from me which i posted, mahmood kalantar (nokia sales manager apac asia region) at innov8 launching not 5800xm said that next year (2009) samsung will launch their 1st s60 5th touch ui,u can read at symbian-freak news or googling "s60 5th touch ui on samsung phone next year" thx

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                • johndru
                • uS@
                • 25 Jan 2009

                Flame, 25 Jan 2009How can you even think about Nokia without Symbian yet it o... morenokia does NOT own symbian. lolz! you do the research bro. Nokia pay licensing fees to symbian and pay the people behind symbian S60 in order for them to integrate symbian s60 to their smarthphones. just like what samsung is doing right now. they have a 50% share on symbian s60 that's why their os is the same as nokia. lolz

                you do the research. you need it badly.

                FYI:
                SE uses symbian too. symbian UIQ that is. go ahead and defend your lovely nokia. lolz

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                  • Anonymous
                  • ji{
                  • 25 Jan 2009

                  Why i compared innov8 with n95? Coz n96 much2 inferior compared with n95 8gb although n96 is flagship,samsung software updater very2 similar with nsu...different step from lg,did u know their S60 mini comunicator KT610 licensed nokia maps n OVI service from nokia..but not all nseries godies like ngage etc of course

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                    • Anonymous
                    • ji{
                    • 25 Jan 2009

                    Flames, 25 Jan 2009Even if Samsung uses Symbian in future it doesn't neccessar... moreYap,s60 implemented in innov8 much2 dull n seems inferior,but please read the news about 1-2 months ago samsung announced "Samsung s60 mobile innovator" program to gain n offer chance for 3rd party developer to develop samsung s60,start from fp2 based (i8510 n i7110 n a few goodies for last fp 1 based g810),n don't forget that samsung officially launch software updater for their i8510 n next s60 fone,that's gr8 news! While i8510 hardware (ti 2430,twl4030,8mp cam etc) was superior compared to n95 8gb (not n96)..n yeah i ever read news that one of nokia official manager at 5800xm launching in vietnam said that samsung will announced their 1st s60 5th ed touchscreen smartfone at least at Q4 2009 coz samsung also licenseed latest s60 development n at the other side samsung supplies ic memory/flash NAND memory for next nokia nseries

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                      • Ui$
                      • 25 Jan 2009

                      nokia must have the latest phone technology like a projector in a phone.. .. to win market share.

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                        • 25 Jan 2009

                        Anonymous, 25 Jan 2009After years enjoy profit,market share domination..now there... moreEven if Samsung uses Symbian in future it doesn't neccessarily mean Nokia will lose out coz Symbian OS is poorly implememted in Samsung phones. Compare the OS in the Innov 8 and Nokia N96 to see the difference in implementation.

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                          • 25 Jan 2009

                          Non Nokia, 25 Jan 2009Nokia without a symbian will be DEAD. Hahaha.... How can you even think about Nokia without Symbian yet it owns Symbian?. In fututre do a bit of reading around before posting wishful ignorant comments. OK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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                            • Anonymous
                            • ji{
                            • 25 Jan 2009

                            After years enjoy profit,market share domination..now there's the signs that nokia domination will gone (but maybe next 2-3 years)...just wait next symfoundation based devices from nokia or samsung will be the winner,n don't forget..android - winmo 7 based fone from samsung n se,,cell user become smarter to choose what is d best n innovative vendor

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                              • Non Nokia
                              • ji{
                              • 25 Jan 2009

                              Nokia without a symbian will be DEAD. Hahaha....

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                                • rxbkrs
                                • 00Y
                                • 24 Jan 2009

                                I hope Nokia does listen to customers. Please Nokia, more high end Series 40 phones. Just like the good old days of the Nokia 6230 and 6230i.

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                                  • Kyuubi
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                                  • 24 Jan 2009

                                  Anonymous, 24 Jan 2009you know if youd care to open your eyes and read its nokia ... moreLol i'm a nokia fanboy i love my Nok Devices there durable,stable and they last long XD and they have smart designes i'm using E70 - wing gull full keypad Epic legend of the ultimate texting and word doc device and it's 3 years old XD
                                  but really i know what i'm talking so please don't talk to me like i'm some retard

                                  so what if i'm a fanboy as well....?

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                                    • Kyuubi
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                                    • 24 Jan 2009

                                    Anonymous, 24 Jan 2009you know if youd care to open your eyes and read its nokia ... moreLol i'm a nokia fanboy i love my Nok Devices there durable,stable and they last long XD and they have smart designes i'm using E70 - wing gull full keypad Epic legend of the ultimate texting and word doc device and it's 3 years old XD
                                    but really i know what i'm talking so please don't talk to me like i'm so idiot

                                    so what if i'm a fanboy as well....?

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                                      • Andy Burgin
                                      • 3pH
                                      • 24 Jan 2009

                                      O.k People will be slagging Nokia down but they are Still the easiest an Simplest Mobiles to Use thats the reason Nokia will never be beaten in the Mobile Market,But 2009 for the mobile producers will be a tough year for them,people in 2009 will not be spend alot on mobile phones an stick with there older models instead,so the Price of Mobile will have to be reduced to attract buyers so, we will not be seeing to many mobiles released in 2009,unless we see more reliability from mobiles released the sales will drop alot in 2009,Nokia better not make a big mistake getting it mobiles produced in Japan an not Finland ,because with Japan loads of Copies will be released an annoy it customers buying the wrong mobile

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                                        • 24 Jan 2009

                                        rashid, 24 Jan 2009nokia are a regressive company in a progessive market, appl... moreIf you think Apple can dent Nokia's market share of 37% with one phone, then you are delusional . Actually in terms of global market share Apple is a nonentity...