nsane.forums Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Nokia's low-end Asha touch-phone range for emerging markets is outselling their flagship Lumia Windows Phone range by 2:1, showing fantastic growth even in markets where low-end Android devices rule.The Lumia range of Windows phones are doing quite well for Nokia, having shipped 4.4 million units in the last quarter; but the range that's doing even better for Nokia is Asha, their low-end smart and featurephones for emerging markets have been selling like hotcakes. An interesting and overlooked statistic on the Asha range is that, according to Nokia's own information, the devices are outselling the Lumia range by two-to-one after selling 9.3 million units for Q4 2012.Perhaps even more telling of the success of Asha devices is that the 9.3 million units sold only include their touch models, meaning Nokia is probably selling even more of their super-low-end featurephone models. It also means 50% growth over the previous quarter, which saw 6.5 million units shipped, despite the fact that Asha devices run Series 40 – a relatively outdated phone operating system with limited functionality.When speaking to AllThingsD, Raymond James analyst Tavis McCourt said that Nokia still has a lot to do to convince buyers in emerging markets to choose Asha over a competing low-end Android device. India, Eastern Europe, Africa and Latin America are examples of of regions and countries where Nokia likely has a strong opportunity with Asha, but even in these markets Android phones are growing rapidly as well... While the Asha’s recent growth is encouraging, it’s not yet clear if Nokia can sustain it... it’s probably a bit early to declare victory for Nokia against low end Android competitors in emerging markets.With that said, it's still looking like the death of Nokia is greatly exaggerated, and with full-year financial results to be published on January 24, we'll get a better picture of how successful both the Lumia and Asha ranges have been. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted January 14, 2013 Administrator Share Posted January 14, 2013 :lol:I have nothing say, just laugh. :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudrax Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Asha really got some..My mom recently got low end Asha 200..camera quality, sound quality and battery life is really improved.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taiyuntao Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Nokia's quality is very good ,I love it :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASIO Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 yakkk NOkia ( :moon: :shit: :shit: ).... samsung mobiles are the best :wub: ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramiz0 Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 I don,t like Nokia Asha :mellow: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Asha and Lumia are 2 distinctly different segments - Asha is entry-level and Lumia is a flag-ship. If Asha is retailing at 2:1 vis-à-vis Lumia, that's not commendable enough. FWIW, they should not be compared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted January 14, 2013 Administrator Share Posted January 14, 2013 Asha and Lumia are 2 distinctly different segments - Asha is entry-level and Lumia is a flag-ship. If Asha is retailing at 2:1 vis-à-vis Lumia, that's not commendable enough. FWIW, they should not be compared.Let me explain why it's not unfair to compare them. Even though Nokia has released little less quality but consumer favourite Asha phones, it continues to slide in marketshare here in India. Filthy phones like Karbbonn mobiles, Maxx mobiles, etc. are eating into Nokia cell phone market share. There was a time where Nokia had around 60%+ marketshare in cell phones in India, now it's less than 30% (if I'm correct). Lets not forget, there's some heavy Lumia and Windows 8 marketing going on here. If I'm not mistaken, in non-Asian countries, people hardly go for cell phones anymore. And inspite of all this, Nokia Asha has more sells than Lumia.This should be a wakeup call for Nokia if you ask me. Nokia has invested it's arms and legs in Lumia phones, and even though they are growing, if they don't grow enough, they will start having more than serious problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tipo Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 yakkk NOkia ( :moon: :shit: :shit: ).... samsung mobiles are the best :wub: ... since the smartphounes era. but before it? judas!! :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluERaiN Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Sony Xperia's FTW :D :p :lol: . And another thing on why Asha sells more is because of the price :D. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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