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Nokia appears to have finally turned a corner with the Lumia 920, a smartphone that is seemingly selling quite well after a string of early flops from the struggling smartphone maker. According to Keepskor founder and Forbes contributor Tristan Louis, however, Nokia’s recent efforts will ultimately be for naught. 2013 will see a great deal of movement in the mobile industry according to the executive, and Nokia’s departure from the handset market will be among the year’s most notable events.

http://bgr.com/2013/01/02/nok[....]ll-smartphone-business-279281/
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Posted: 2013-01-02 16:10:59
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Wow! I'll never believe it till it happens.

I don't doubt they have the ability to bounce back, it just takes time.

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Posted: 2013-01-02 16:51:46
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I'll believe it when i see it. What else would they do if they didnt make phones ?? Nokia software ? Nokia drive.. only ??
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Posted: 2013-01-02 17:30:50
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I really don't see how they can "bounce back" ... they are too big to be selling 3-4 mil. smartphones per quarter, even with the added revenue from the maps and network segments they are still loosing money. They either need to downsize even further, maybe slightly bigger than HTC, or sell...


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Posted: 2013-01-02 17:31:27
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They are were saying the same thing about Sony Ericsson a few years ago but 2013 looks like it could be see a turn around.

Nokia is a behemoth. Any turn around will be a monumental task but with Microsoft involved at least they have lots of money to throw around.
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Posted: 2013-01-02 17:47:56
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What makes you think that MS will be just continue to give money to Nokia ? It will make more sense to just buy the thing
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Posted: 2013-01-02 20:21:14
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Well they can start selling Nokia Cameras running with pureview in it , I really wouldn't mind buying one if priced right.

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Posted: 2013-01-03 04:19:15
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The only foreseeable way for Nokia to save itself is by turning to Android which unfortunately will never happen now. That's how Sony Ericsson / Sony survived otherwise at the rate they're going with slow updates & releases as well as bad marketing, the final nail should've sealed its coffin quite some time ago.

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Posted: 2013-01-03 05:05:05
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Android is done.. Samsung makes the profits and the rest are fighting for whatever is left which isn't much. Just look at HTC and Sony.. compared to Samsung they make next to nothing.

So there is no way Nokia can compete with Samsung in the android realm..

I am really sad for Ericsson by the way... I don't like the fact that Sony took over one bit. The two companies that made all of this possible (Nokia and Ericsson), didn't play their cards right and now the American software cartel took over. The USofA controls 95% of the market.. all the rest are just there to provide the hardware for them.

For example, if Google decides to make Android proprietary, and use it only on Motorola devices...Samsung Mobile is done. What are they going to do ? Bada ? Good luck with that. Of course google are never going to do that since the more devices they have in circulation, the better for their core business, which is advertising.

Google's real customers are corporation which are willing to pay 40 bucks a click... the product their are selling is.. you and I.. clicks.. the more clicks, the better. That is the sad truth...

I really miss the days of unlocked phones.. no carrier subsidy.. no ads.. no one shoving phones in your hands telling you that that particular one is the best there is..
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Posted: 2013-01-03 08:12:48
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I dont think Android is by any means done. Samsung might be the biggest fish in the Android market but to be honest, they deserve it. They're the only company that offer such a wide range of various handsets for all budgets. Of those handsets, they're all pretty good.

Sony, HTC and the rest make less phones and the budget phones tend to be poor. So from them, its often the flagship or a rivals handset.

Samsung are just better at design, R&D, marketing, support - the whole bundle.

Only HTC have woken up this past twelve months and delivered something anywhere near as good as a Samsung product. The One X. Look at 2011 models, the SGS II and Sensation. The Sensation was a cheap, nasty, forgettable flagship. The SGS II is a high quality phone still almost two years on is still receiving updates.

The Sensation ? i can barely remember what it looks like.



I really cannot imagine that happening at all. Nokia would have to make Pureview DSLR cameras. The compact camera market is shrinking year on year so there would be no point in entering that market. Which is why companies like Kodak arent going to make cameras anymore.
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Posted: 2013-01-03 13:00:06
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