Thu, 27.01.11

Nokia financial results: 28.3 million smartphones in Q4 2010

Nokia today released financial results for Q4 2010 and for full year 2010: * 28.3 million units in Q4 2010, up 36% year-on-year and 7% sequentially * Nokia's mobile device volume market share decreased to 32% in 2010, compared to 34% in 2009. Click below for full details. Fourth quarter 2010 Highlights: * Nokia net sales of EUR 12.7 billion in Q4 2010, up 6% year-on-year and 23% sequentially (flat and up 24% at constant currency). * Devices & Services net sales of EUR 8.5 billion in Q4 2010, up 4% year-on-year and 18% sequentially (down 3% and up 19% at constant currency). * Nokia converged mobile device (smartphone and mobile computer) volumes of 28.3 million units in Q4 2010, up 36% year-on-year and 7% sequentially. Full year 2010 Highlights: * Based on Nokia's preliminary estimate, industry mobile device volumes increased 13% in 2010, compared to 2009 (based on Nokia's revised definition of the industry mobile device market applicable beginning in 2010). * Based on Nokia's preliminary market estimate, Nokia's mobile device volume market share decreased to 32% in 2010, compared to 34% in 2009 (based on Nokia's revised definition of the industry mobile device market share applicable beginning in 2010). * Nokia's estimated mobile device value market share was down slightly in 2010, compared to 2009. Q4 2010 Operating Highlights: * Following the start of shipments of the Nokia N8 in the third quarter, Nokia began shipments of two other smartphones based on the new Symbian software: The Nokia C7, a sleek, full-touch smartphone crafted from stainless steel and glass that is designed to appeal especially to social networkers, and the Nokia C6-01, a smaller, full-touch smartphone that features Nokia ClearBlack technology for improved outdoor visibility. * Nokia started shipments of the Nokia C3 Touch & Type, a stainless steel device which combines the touch screen and traditional phone keypad. * Nokia estimates that it became the leader in QWERTY in terms of volume share during the fourth quarter, helped by sales of its affordable QWERTY model, the Nokia C3. * Nokia continued to develop its Ovi services. Highlights for the quarter included: Store continued to see increased downloads of applications and content. The Store is now attracting more than 4 million downloads a day, compared with more than 2.7 million a day reported in October 2010, boosted by traffic from the new Nokia N8 and Nokia C7, the widespread introduction of operator billing and the increased availability of local applications and content specific to individual markets. According to a study by iResearch published since the end of the quarter, Ovi Store ranks as the leading application store in China by downloads. Other key markets for Ovi Store include Russia and Turkey, where downloads from the Store have reached more than 1 million a week in each market. Maps continued to scale, and today includes coverage of 180 countries and regions in total, with 100 of them navigable. Additionally, more than 100 cities around the world have dedicated pedestrian navigation. With the release of the latest version of Ovi Maps, users can download maps directly to their device over Wi-Fi as well as enjoy mapping that includes public transport lines for subways, trams and trains in more than 80 cities around the world. Nokia N8 owners have quickly become among the most active Maps users, spending up to four hours a month using maps and navigating. Nokia's unique life improvement mobile information services designed especially for emerging markets, was launched in Nigeria, adding Africa's most populous country to the service which already operates in India, Indonesia and China. * Nokia announced that it will use Qt technologies to simplify development for both our own and third party developers. In addition, Nokia announced its intention to support HTML5 for the development of Web content and applications. * Following the withdrawal of other members, the Symbian Foundation, a non-profit entity, transitioned to a licensing operation only and the Symbian platform's development is now under the control of Nokia. * In November 2010, Renesas Electronics Corporation completed its acquisition of Nokia's Wireless Modem business, which was initially announced on July 6, 2010. Full press release is available here.

 Posted by Michal Jerz @ 20:40 in Maemo category

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