It’s this part of the year again – today, two important parts of the Symbian Ecosystem have announced their quarterly results. Read on for a short summary, my interpretation and links to the full scoops:
Nokia
Nokia’s Q2 went very well. The company managed to raise its market share; and also increased its revenue. Nokia’s estimated market share is now 40% at 122Mio sold devices.
Nokia’s North American market share has risen and is now at 4.5%(about 3% in Q1). The average per-device price is sinking fast and is now at 74€.
Sony Ericsson
Sony Ericsson, on the other hand, has been heavily struck by “lack of demand for expensive handsets”. Even though the number of handsets stayed constant, the income dropped – this can only mean one thing: less expensive (UIQ) boxen sold.
For me, this is a classic example of the Osborne effect in action. Some eejit decided to announce a super product that won’t be live for another year…no wonder that the sales tank. Additionally, two former (UIQ-powered) sales getters haven’t received the necceccary updates due to SE apparently preferring to pamper its CyberShot phones.
SE’s demise can IMHO be blamed squarely on the management – I have rarely seen more dumb actions on a single spot…
More info:
Nokia results – PDF file
SE quarterly@CNN Money
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