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So The Dark Side's relentless forces continue to expand (care of
www.theregister.co.uk) :
'Nokia grabs 40% of phone market for first time
Apple's iPhone may have been the most talked-about handset during the final quarter of 2007, but its sales were dwarfed by the majors in a period that saw Nokia grab more than 40 per cent of the global market, the first time it's done so.
According to market watcher Strategy Analytics, Apple shifted 2.3m iPhones worldwide during Q4 2007. That's just ten per cent of the 23.7m handsets fifth-placed LG sold in the period. Sony Ericsson managed 30.8m units, Motorola 40.9m and Samsung 46.4m phones. Nokia sold a staggering 133.5m mobiles.
That left the Finnish phone giant with a 40.2 per cent market share, the highest in its history. Samsung took 14 per cent, Motorola 12.3 per cent, Sony Ericsson 9.3 per cent and LG 7.1 per cent.
Apple took 0.6 per cent, which isn't bad for a company that has been in the business for less than a year. But it does show the mountain the Mac maker has to climb to start matching its competitors' sales. SA highlighted the high price of the iPhone as one of the barriers to growth.
Still, some purveyors of lower-cost mobiles had problems too. Sony Ericsson, for instance, saw its annual growth rate drop from 64 per cent to just 18 per cent in less than nine months, thanks in part to better branding from its rivals. It's going to need some better branding this year, SA said – time at last for Vaio and PlayStation Portable phones?
Perennial rivals Samsung and Motorola saw year-on-year shipments jump 41 per cent and plunge 37.8 per cent, respectively. Motorola really needs to release some better handsets this year, SA said.
Overall, 332m mobile phones shipped in Q4 2007, up 13 per cent on the same period in 2006. Some 1.13bn shipped in the year as a whole, 12.4 per cent more than shipped in 2006. SA said it expects shipments to hit 1.24bn this year.'
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Posted: 2008-01-29 14:42:22
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@pop - Ohhh, sorry back there, thought that bike was that of in the flick - RE, should have posted - Final Fantasy instead . . . weaponry
Man, that bike is LETHAL
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Posted: 2008-01-29 15:01:32
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I was in traffic this morning when i spotted a guy on a bicycle. He had somehow hooked up a dynamo to his bike's flywheel, and was using it to charge the phone strapped to his handlebars! I tried to get a pic but the lights had changed. Will keep an eye out for him.
Bran, i posted off a package yesterday. The assistant at the Post Office gave me the assurance that it would be in Richard's Bay by Thursday, although to be honest, the assurance of the Post Office isn't exactly awe-inspiring. They tend to make lofty promises which are often unfulfilled. We'll keep our fingers crossed all the same, mate.
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Posted: 2008-01-29 15:32:00
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@ Jojo,
LOL, no worries mate. The
P1i is going to be very well-utilised at the London Motorcycle Show this weekend... will start posting the pics on late Saturday night, or on Sunday.
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Posted: 2008-01-29 17:53:11
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I'm loving this seasons The Apprentice.It's the best one so far.
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Posted: 2008-01-29 19:26:34
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Well I'd love to know how much Motorola forked out for a 4-page (including front and back cover!) colour ad, in one of the free London newspapers found on the tube trains and stations...
To make it worse, while you okes in SA have got a hottie promoting the RAZR2, up here it's David @%^$ing Beckham!!
Oh, give me strength...
Taken with the
P1i:
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He who laughs last...thinks slowest.
P1i, Nokia 7600
[ This Message was edited by: amawanqa on 2008-01-29 21:55 ]
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Posted: 2008-01-29 22:53:44
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@pop - Ohhhhh . . . ohhhhhhh. . . . . and I just TOTALLY forgot about the Bike Show you made mention early this year
'Will for those P1i shots this coming Sunday . . .
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Posted: 2008-01-29 23:04:12
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@da wanqsta: Rumour has it that Moto might pull out of the handset market after lacklustre sales of its current line-up. This also follows the news that its CEO would leave the company.
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Posted: 2008-01-30 05:33:00
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That would explain the david beckam ad brix.they on their last straw and beckam is the moto angel.
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Posted: 2008-01-30 08:18:17
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Baby Bear looked at his empty plate and cried "Waah! Who ate all my
porridge?"
Papa Bear looked at his empty plate and said "Who the devil ate MY
porridge?"
Mama Bear stood in the doorway with her hands on her hips, and gave them a gatvol look, "I
haven't made the porridge yet. The power is off"
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Posted: 2008-01-30 09:23:00
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