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Despite retaining a clear lead in terms of market share, Nokia lost ground to both Siemens and Sony Ericsson in a Western European mobile phone market that overall remained flat year on year. As expected, IDC's European Mobile Phone Tracker research found that price cuts on low-end prepay phones and integrated camera and color-enabled phones stimulated renewals rather than first-time subscribers. As a percentage of the total market, Bluetooth-enabled handsets remained constant at 18%, while phones with an integrated camera increased from 11% to 14%. One in two handsets shipped in Q3 2003 had a color screen. Siemens made gains in the low-end prepay market with aggressive subsidies on its A55 handsets, whereas impressive T610 sales for Sony Ericsson on both prepay and postpay contracts, backed by extensive advertising campaigns, helped to drive sales. Nokia will rely on Q4 2003 and Q1 2004 for the majority of its new handset introductions, including its new 6600 smart phone. The final quarter of 2003 will see an interesting high-end handset battle develop between the Symbian-based smart phones of Sony Ericsson's P900, Nokia's 6600, and Siemens' SX1 as the vendors compete for the Christmas renewal market.
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Posted: 2003-12-08 22:22:43
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Woohoo !

btw off topic but interesting : I read in a swiss magazine, that nokia this year gained marketshare all over the world except for Switzerland where it lost 16%. And all experts cannot explain why... lol...
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Posted: 2003-12-08 22:24:41
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hello i live in staines and would like to know where i can find siemens (staines). i had an ericsson but afterwards i was left wanting siemens (staines). does anyone know where i can get my dongle fixed?
the other day i was doing bj 's with an ericsson but now that ive got siemens (staines) i think i might need to do a hard backup with my dongle.
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Posted: 2003-12-08 23:01:48
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@switchbitch: try to explain your problem in a bether way so maybe i can understand.
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Posted: 2003-12-08 23:06:03
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Quote:
On 2003-12-08 23:01:48, switchbitch wrote:
hello i live in staines and would like to know where i can find siemens (staines). i had an ericsson but afterwards i was left wanting siemens (staines). does anyone know where i can get my dongle fixed?
the other day i was doing bj 's with an ericsson but now that ive got siemens (staines) i think i might need to do a hard backup with my dongle.



WTF
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Posted: 2003-12-08 23:11:06
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Hahaha nice one switch.

You guys don't actually think switch is being sewious?
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Posted: 2003-12-08 23:18:56
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try pulling it out then reinsert it firmly a couple of times it may fix your bj range and bt range will be increased.
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Posted: 2003-12-08 23:23:09
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It's not much of a surprise really, I mean the T610 seems to be everywhere at the moment, they've replaced the 8310 as the phone of choice - I can't believe how many people at wor have them. As for Siemens, they definitely seem to be donig well in the lower end of the market, the A50s/A50s and MC60s seem to be flying off the shelves, which I think it partially why the SX1 has been delayed so badly, why bother with a high end phone that has a lot of competition when you can mop up the lower end? I do like Siemens phones, I've got an S55 at the moment and had an SL45 before that but I'm sick of Siemens mucking about with the SX1 and have gone for the P900 - the screen is just fantastic for both its quality and the fact that it's a touchscreen, very pleased with it!

John

[ This Message was edited by: johnmcl7 on 2003-12-08 22:28 ]
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Posted: 2003-12-08 23:25:35
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This is good news, seems people are finally usins their brains when buying phones!

(why post this in the P8/900 forum though
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Posted: 2003-12-08 23:34:00
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My question is.... How much market share did SE gain?
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Posted: 2003-12-08 23:45:03
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