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People seem to forget that Nokia still has another OS running on their S40 devices. And they keep selling well. The new Asha devices are pretty good. The way I
by tellarin 14y ago
People seem to forget that Nokia still has another OS running on their S40 devices. And they keep selling well.
The new Asha devices are pretty good. The way I see, they'll only become more and more important for Nokia as they "evolve" along with the markets where they're sold.
- Zigurd 14y agoThis is true as far as it goes. Nokia and Samsung between them hold most of the under-$100 price band in mobile phones, so it's not just Asha but ultra-low-cost phones where Nokia is holding ground. But this is no longer most of the phone business. Nokia used to be in a class by itself, with 35% of the whole handset business worldwide. That is down to something like 5%, and that part is the low-margin business, so margin contribution makes that picture even worse. The bad news is that $50 Androids are coming and $90 Androids are pretty good. That's right in the Asha price range.