Thread: Let's talk Nokia stock. Really.
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2012-12-29 , 20:41
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Originally Posted by szopin View Post
http://www.zdnet.com/nokias-china-mo...le-7000008422/

Nokia won the fight on carriers which many people in this thread assumed to be crucial to success. Twice of the population (whole, how many <7 yos get a smartphone?) of US are registered phone users of this carrier alone. Naysay all you want, people overlook facts all the time - see TomiAhonen
This isn't "naysaying" it's looking at past figures. If that is naysaying then so be it

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/busines...t_12960107.htm

what you are doing though is projecting future results based on a carrier deal to stock a phone. Let me ask you what did the second largest US carrier, AT&T's deal, do for Nokia? Did it change the balance in the US? Not really. Now look at the actual numbers, most of China Mobiles subscribers are still on low end 2G, only 11% are on 3G, these are not the smartphone crowd, expecting them all to switch to a Lumia 920T or even a Nokia is wishful thinking especially when China Mobile will now also offer its own branded phones for a fraction of the cost.

If the consumers do not show interest in a phone then there is only so much a carrier deal can do, your own linked article says as much too and the US AT&T deal has already shown it.