It's a fallacy to believe that Chinese consumers gravitate toward midrange and budget phones. Quite the contrary. If a phone doesn't communicate status it won't be a big seller.
http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_celebrates_2_million_lumia_devices_sold_in_china-news-5653.php
Nokia reporting an impressive if not quite android/ios worrying. ....2m activations in china alone in the past few months...thats with supply shortages and new midrange and budget phones to hit soon in the coming weeks.
That story has been updated and proven to be false
http://www.dailytech.com/Samsung+To...martphone+Market+During+2012/article30091.htm
Nokias shares in China have been dropping like a rock.
That has nothing to do with 2m+ activations being true or not, the drop comes from about zero symbians sold.
There was a pretty funny article with an interview with Elop in the swedish paper DI today. Apparently Elop thinks Nokia can beat Apple and he thinks WinPhone can become the third eco-system....
Funny thing, I remember once when people had the same attitude towards Android, and look what happened.
There is room for 3 major ecosystems in the mobile space, whether Microsoft will get WP to get notable share remains to be seen but it's possible.
Based from what I have read from various technology sites, the top 2 OS right now are Android and iOS; the battle for third place would be Windows, Symbian and BB OS.
Based from what I have read from various technology sites, the top 2 OS right now are Android and iOS; the battle for third place would be Windows, Symbian and BB OS.
Tizen has the backing of Samsung but it seems nobody loves Tizen.
Symbian is not fighting anything, RIP.
WP8 and BB10 seem to be the strongest candidates for the "third place", but Sailfish has the advantage that most Harmattan/Meego/N9 software runs with it with just repackaging, and there are lots of developers who love the platform (even though there is not much big money)
Tizen has the backing of Samsung but it seems nobody loves Tizen.