Comments on: Nokia releases Q3 2008 figures; sales and profits down http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/10/16/nokia-releases-q3-2008-figures-sales-and-profits-down/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:43:34 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: JonnyBruha http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/10/16/nokia-releases-q3-2008-figures-sales-and-profits-down/comment-page-1/#comment-299879 JonnyBruha Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:49:02 +0000 http://www.boygeniusreport.com/?p=6428#comment-299879 If CwM and the 5800 get carrier support in the US, Q4 and Q1 09 will see some significant changes from these previous quarters. If CwM and the 5800 get carrier support in the US, Q4 and Q1 09 will see some significant changes from these previous quarters.

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]]> By: CanisMinor http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/10/16/nokia-releases-q3-2008-figures-sales-and-profits-down/comment-page-1/#comment-299842 CanisMinor Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:56:48 +0000 http://www.boygeniusreport.com/?p=6428#comment-299842 Well, I think the reason that the handsets aren't picked up by carriers, is that Nokia has traditionally played hardball with the US carriers - refusing to allow modifications to the UI or OS. Nokia have taken the strategy of Apple: don't mess with our phone's features. Unfortunately for them, they don't have the brand recognition that Apple does in the US. Internationally, it's a different story, and Nokia is considered anything but vanilla. That said, this has been a slow year for them, and they haven't released any envelope-pushing handsets. The N96 is an overpriced, repackaged N95 and is already obsoleted by the N85, and even the 5800Xpress is a pretty run-of-the-mill phone: basically an evolved, S60 version of the 7710. Their are two upcoming Nokia phones which will change the game: The rumored N96 replacement that Zach refers to, and, more importantly, the E77 - Note, this is NOT the same phone as the previewed E75 ;-). Well, I think the reason that the handsets aren’t picked up by carriers, is that Nokia has traditionally played hardball with the US carriers – refusing to allow modifications to the UI or OS. Nokia have taken the strategy of Apple: don’t mess with our phone’s features. Unfortunately for them, they don’t have the brand recognition that Apple does in the US.

Internationally, it’s a different story, and Nokia is considered anything but vanilla. That said, this has been a slow year for them, and they haven’t released any envelope-pushing handsets. The N96 is an overpriced, repackaged N95 and is already obsoleted by the N85, and even the 5800Xpress is a pretty run-of-the-mill phone: basically an evolved, S60 version of the 7710.

Their are two upcoming Nokia phones which will change the game: The rumored N96 replacement that Zach refers to, and, more importantly, the E77 – Note, this is NOT the same phone as the previewed E75 ;-) .

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]]> By: Eric http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/10/16/nokia-releases-q3-2008-figures-sales-and-profits-down/comment-page-1/#comment-299817 Eric Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:02:52 +0000 http://www.boygeniusreport.com/?p=6428#comment-299817 Perhaps if they'd design more than basic handset that's weren't so vanilla to be picked up by US carriers they could incite some brand recognition and gain a foothold in the US. Perhaps if they’d design more than basic handset that’s weren’t so vanilla to be picked up by US carriers they could incite some brand recognition and gain a foothold in the US.

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