Nokia smartphone sales up, but Symbian^3 delayed; MeeGo device due this year
4/23/2010 12:28:00 AM
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Nokia have announced their financial results for the last quarter, and the Finnish company reported a quarterly decline in both cellphone and smartphone sales though an increase in comparison to the same period a year ago. Overall 107.8m handsets – 21.5m of which were smartphones – were sold in the three month period, up from 93.2-percent in Q1 2009, but down from 126.9-percent in Q4 2009. Meanwhile, Nokia have confirmed that they will be delaying the release of Symbian^3 handsets until Q3 2010, with the first announcement expected sometime in the first half of this year.
“Nokia is planning to deliver a family of smartphones based on the Symbian^3 software platform that is targeted to offer a clearly improved user experience, a high standard of quality, and competitive value to consumers. We plan to launch the first smartphone based on Symbian^3 during the second quarter 2010, with shipments expected during the third quarter 2010.” Nokia financial report
That delay has had a knock-on effect with Symbian^4’s release, which is now not expected until sometime in 2011. Meanwhile Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo has confirmed that the company’s first MeeGo device – running the OS based on Nokia’s Maemo platform and Intel’s Moblin – is due for release later on this year.
When they do arrive, the smartphones will likely be cheaper than their predecessors too; Nokia report the average selling price for a smartphone in the past quarter was €155 ($207), down from €186 ($248) the previous quarter and from €190 ($253) in Q1 2009. Sales of devices with touchscreens or QWERTY keyboards were up 300-percent from Q1 2009, to 18m devices.
As for software, while it may lack the headline-grabbing allure of Apple’s App Store, the Nokia Ovi Store is apparently seeing 1.7m downloads per day. Making Ovi Maps Navigation a free download has obviously helped that; Nokia have seen 10m downloads of the PND app since. Nonetheless, Nokia shares are down this morning, as the market reacts primarily to the Symbian delay.
“Nokia is planning to deliver a family of smartphones based on the Symbian^3 software platform that is targeted to offer a clearly improved user experience, a high standard of quality, and competitive value to consumers. We plan to launch the first smartphone based on Symbian^3 during the second quarter 2010, with shipments expected during the third quarter 2010.” Nokia financial report
That delay has had a knock-on effect with Symbian^4’s release, which is now not expected until sometime in 2011. Meanwhile Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo has confirmed that the company’s first MeeGo device – running the OS based on Nokia’s Maemo platform and Intel’s Moblin – is due for release later on this year.
When they do arrive, the smartphones will likely be cheaper than their predecessors too; Nokia report the average selling price for a smartphone in the past quarter was €155 ($207), down from €186 ($248) the previous quarter and from €190 ($253) in Q1 2009. Sales of devices with touchscreens or QWERTY keyboards were up 300-percent from Q1 2009, to 18m devices.
As for software, while it may lack the headline-grabbing allure of Apple’s App Store, the Nokia Ovi Store is apparently seeing 1.7m downloads per day. Making Ovi Maps Navigation a free download has obviously helped that; Nokia have seen 10m downloads of the PND app since. Nonetheless, Nokia shares are down this morning, as the market reacts primarily to the Symbian delay.
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