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Nokia top model N900 sales below 100,000-Gartner
* Nokia executive says sales well above expectations
* Apple sold well above 10 million iPhones in same period
By Tarmo Virki, European Technology Correspondent
LONDON, May 28 (Reuters) - Nokia sold less than 100,000 top-of-the-range N900 smartphones in its first five months on the market, researcher Gartner said, indicating it has yet to mount a serious challenge to the iPhone and Blackberry.
The chunky computer-like handset -- with slide-out keyboard and a touch screen -- has found support among hard-core technology specialists but failed to attract a wider audience.
A spokesman for Nokia (NOK1V.HE), the world's top cellphone maker, declined to comment on the sales number, saying the company was pleased with sales, but an executive was more bullish.
"Sales have substantially exceeded expectations," Alberto Torres, head of Nokia's solutions business, told the Open Mobile Summit trade conference in London this week.
Nokia has been unable to mount a serious challenge to Apple (AAPL.O) three years after the iPhone's launch. Its last hit smartphone model, the N95, was unveiled in 2006.
The sales of less than 100,000 N900s compares with sales of 8.75 million iPhones in January-March alone.
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Wow!
Like I always say, manufacturers will always put a brave face and claim 'the sales have surpassed our expectations...'
I had a feeling this phone wasn't doing well at all and this confirms it.
The question is is this worldwide?
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Nokia executive says sales well above expectations
I don't think this N900 was ever meant to be serious competition for the iPhone, it's a niche-model for tech-lovers, too geeky for the general public.
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I guess it is - worldwide sales for it's 1st 5 months. May be they were expecting to sell substantially less because its an all new OS.
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Then those are terrible sales indeed.
@Marly
I think we need to define what a niche product is these days. Wasn't the N900 priced similarly as the X10 and/or Desire?
The X10 sold a hundred thousand units in less than a month in Japan ONLY at that niche price bracket.
The fact is people are buying Android more and more and Nokia is at a point where it struggles to compete. Honestly, does anyone really think Nokia expected to sell less than a hundred thousand phones and then turn around and proclaim that they are happy with the sales?
If anyone buys into that then they are as gullible as ever.
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I also think too many of Nokia's fans are used to Symbian they just were never going to take to this
Phone?? What phone?? |
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the article is incorrect.
Engadget had the same, 5 months. But i think Nokia contacted them... it was within the first 5 weeks... NOT months
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Its a niche device as it wasnt produced in large amounts like X10 and Desire,its not just about price. Also take into account that its being sold in a select bunch of countries. As said above,its aimed at geeks "techys" ,it even had apps that could potentialy corrupt the phone sitting there in some folder (forgot the name) that were beta softwares, did X10 and Desire come with this? No,they're made for the mass market.
By the way apparently its 100,000 units in 5 WEEKS NOT MONTHS, CHECK UPDATE: www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/n[....]0s-after-first-five-months-so/
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On 2010-05-28 16:05:07, >500 wrote:
the article is incorrect.
Engadget had the same, 5 months. But i think Nokia contacted them... it was within the first 5 weeks... NOT months
Ah, well that's a different story altogether. Still, I think people are still waiting for a so called iPhone challenger from Nokia, the N8 looks more of a challenger than the N900 to me.
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@Tsepz_GP
Hence I mentioned Japan. What I'm getting at is if it was released in certain countries only then the X10 did better
The correct figures are quite acceptable then. Not a bad going.
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as expected... 
It's released in the Philippines, I think but I barely see N900 dummies at stores.
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On 2010-05-28 16:21:35, goldenface wrote:
On 2010-05-28 16:05:07, >500 wrote:
the article is incorrect.
Engadget had the same, 5 months. But i think Nokia contacted them... it was within the first 5 weeks... NOT months
Ah, well that's a different story altogether.
You're being ironic here aren't you? 100,000 in five weeks? Compare with Apple selling 8.75 million iPhones from January to March. That's around 3.3 million iPhones in five weeks...
I had an N900. It's a very nice phone hardware-wise. But the Linux-based OS brings down the overall impression. If Nokia offered Symbian as an alternative then they would sell more of this model. As it is now, Maemo just scares people away, and the announcement that MeeGo will never be officially available for the N900 doesn't exactly help.
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On 2010-05-28 15:56:44, Bonovox wrote:
I also think too many of Nokia's fans are used to Sy
mbian they just were never going to
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hmmmm good point i think to be honest, i love the way symbian works, i have just had the n97 mini and whilst i was in the shop hunting for a new device to use from day to day the man behind the counter offered me the n900 also , have had a play with it but found it a bit to sloppy for what i needed it for. Plus also the n900 is massive in comparision.
Dont get me wrong i know a few people that have it and they love it .
I think its just a matter of taste.
I think what you have to rememebr here is that if nokia wanted to really committ themselfs to the hardcore symbian geeks , recently released was the satio,vivaz,vivaz pro all using the symbian os.
To many handsets on the market to compete.
Also branding has a lot to do with it i think , its like this i sell phones for a living , the iphone was way to strongly marketed for a serious competition , 99% of people i sell to know what it is or who makes it!
When you mention the n900 they just look at you and stare like a little child wanting a icecream of a fatman.
I think that nokia need to pull there socks up and market phones like this much more strongly.
Anyways thats my point of view.
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for one..the N900 is not mainstream mobile phone. second, it is a brick. third, it is heavy. |
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its because it wasnt picked up by many networks around the world... couple of the networks here are now only starting to sell it... though Nokia did state at first it wasnt going to be released here it all...
Of course the iphone is going to sell more. Was way more readily available than the n900. And, well, its an Apple product.
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