News - Samsung overtakes Nokia in handset sales

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After Nokia shares slump following profits warning.

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[Brewster0101]

Nokia should have taken its high/mid end 2011 phones and modified them to take windows OS, then they would have had a more up to date OS on the market on their devices. The roll out was to slow for the new phones.

I do wonder if Microsoft is doing it on purpose to de-value Nokia before buying them out completely.

[crossy]

As as has been said many, many times before - Nokia stayed with the corpse of Symbian long after it was obvious that consumers didn't want it.

Hopefully the move to WP7 hasn't been taken too late to save them, as I don't think it would be beneficial if they (Nokia) either fails or gets taken over.

Still would have been happier if they'd gone Android though...

[cheesemp]

I said in the last nokia story I think Microsoft are out to buy Nokia and this seems like the perfect was of getting them cheap. Still think they are both way to late to the game.

BTW I Love my new Samsung note and can see why they are doing so well.

[AGTDenton]

Im very much liking my Nokia N8 with Belle on, I think its far better than Android.

[Kumagawa]

As as has been said many, many times before - Nokia stayed with the corpse of Symbian long after it was obvious that consumers didn't want it.

Hopefully the move to WP7 hasn't been taken too late to save them, as I don't think it would be beneficial if they (Nokia) either fails or gets taken over.

Still would have been happier if they'd gone Android though...

I know quite a few hard core Nokia fans who are very disappointed with the Lumia series and are moving to other brands as they feel WP7 is a downgrade compared to symbia.

For example

No Bluetooth file transfers
Inferior camera's
No micro SD card slot
No multitasking
Pentile screen
Worse batery life
No physical qwerty keyboard model

I'm just hoping the 808 PureView gets a UK release for my next phone.

[crossy]

I know quite a few hard core Nokia fans who are very disappointed with the Lumia series and are moving to other brands as they feel WP7 is a downgrade compared to symbia.
For example
No Bluetooth file transfers
Inferior camera's
No micro SD card slot
No multitasking
Pentile screen
Worse batery life
No physical qwerty keyboard model
I'm just hoping the 808 PureView gets a UK release for my next phone.

Hmm, I'm going to agree to disagree, Symbian on my old N95 was okay, but none of the later versions I've tried have been nearly as good as WP7 or Android for the limited amount of play time I've had. As to the list you give, one or two surprises, but:
No BT file transfers - this was a major surprise to me, but it's Microsoft that screwed up here, not Nokia.
Poor camera - compared to the 808 fair comment, but then again I'd heard they were no worse than other phones.
No multitasking - wrong, Mango had this as one of the headline items. Although it's reportedly the same as iOS, so kind of a timeslicing version. See http://www.pcworld.com/businesscente...ingmostly.html
Pentile screen - some people like that - I'm neither pro nor anti.
Battery life - common sense, given the increased hardware spec
No physical keyboard model - you can level the same criticism against a lot of vendors - notably Apple. That said, there's the oft-expressed opinion that mobiles with keyboards are "so last decade".

[Helldog]

Nokia has a nice history... and a not so nice present and future. I wish they can change this with Microsoft hand in hand.

[choco]

samsung is just taking over. they cant be stopped!