Thread: Nokia Dumping Lumia 800's
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2012-10-10 , 20:26
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Originally Posted by gerbick View Post
Anyway, Symbian was on a downfall. Fast in all areas but Asia and most of Europe. It was a non-factor in Japan (Nokia has been a non-player there for ages) and mostly it was relegated to lower-priced, lower tiered phones than most Android and iPhone purchases. With Android going down in price and trending that way, Symbian was bound to lose even more - which it did.
Just to clarify, sales of Symbian devices were not falling they were just not growing as fast as the overall market. In 2010 NOKIA's smart device sales were UP 36% year on year and NOKIA originally announced they could have sold even more if it weren't for component shortages.

It is true to say Symbian would have been discontinued either way though, by all accounts if the CEO's job had gone to Anssi Vanjoki instead of Elop he would have phased out Symbian for MeeGo, but at least that way NOKIA would retain control of their own devices and any services surrounding them and there would have been an easier migration path for users and developers.