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Nokia used to be where apple is today. They had a majority of the smartphone market share. It was a smaller market. They also dominated the feature phone market
by samfisher83 9y ago
Nokia used to be where apple is today. They had a majority of the smartphone market share. It was a smaller market. They also dominated the feature phone market. It just shows you how fast things can change.
This graph is pretty awesome in showing how big Nokia was:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C8GCu9SVwAE_n4N.png:large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C8GCu9SVwAE_n4N.png:large
- srcmap 9y agoI remember the old "cool" cell phone platform cycles are 3-5 years. StarTac, Moto Razor, Nokia, Blackberry, etc. The current smartphone platforms probably will last a lot longer - probably because of the App ego systems. I was thinking that IPhone might drop off around 6 years after it was introduced.
- lotsofpulp 9y agoA graph of profit from phone sales would be interesting. Even inflation adjusted, I bet Apple blows everyone out of the water.