Wednesday 25 January 2012

Kindle Fire Made No Impact On iPad Sales    [ 25-01-2012 20:44 ]

Author: Ivanov Konstantin   Source: BGR     Translation by: Paul Smith     

Apple CEO Tim Cook has gone on the record as saying that Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet had no impact on the iPad whatsoever. The Kindle Fire certainly had a good festive period with some analysts reporting that it had sold as many as 4 million units. The Kindle Fire's low price tag of $199 led many to believe that it could seriously impact Apple's iPad sales over the Christmas period, but that doesn't appear to be the case. Indeed one analysts predicted that the Kindle Fire might even end up costing Apple as much as $1 billion in lost sales. With Apple having just posted the most successful quarter results for a technology company ever that obviously hasn't panned out.

Tim Cook even went as far as to say he had been personally monitoring the iPad's sales figures every week after the launch of the Kindle Fire. The result: he saw no change in iPad sales. That actually isn't all that surprising when you think about the two devices. The Kindle Fire, with its relatively low price tag is, in all probability, appealing to a different section of the market than the iPad, which has a much higher price tag. In most markets there is plenty of room for both the high priced and low priced to grow and prosper, the smartphone market should be proof enough of that.

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Nokia Sells 1.5 Billionth S40 Device    [ 25-01-2012 18:21 ]

Author: Irina Turina   Source: Nokia     Translation by: Paul Smith     

Nokia's venerable S40 line is still going strong with the company having just sold it's 1.5 billionth device. The S40 range of handsets kicked off with the Nokia 7110 way back in 1999 and 13 years later a 21 year old Brazilian woman purchased the 1.5 billionth unit in that series. Mary McDowell, Executive Vice-President for Mobile Phones at Nokia gushed "Having 1.5 billion Series 40 devices sold is a hard-to-reach mark, let alone one attainable in a single line of products. At a time when we are maintaining our commitment to connecting the next billion customers around the world - it is gratifying to consider how Series 40 devices have made mobile technology accessible and help continue to change people's lives for the better".

It is a very impressive milestone to be fair an shows the incredible longevity of the S40 line. In a world full of iPhones, Android devices and Nokia's own Lumia Windows Phone handsets it is worth remembering that many people still opt for the simpler devices. Nokia hopefully won't forget that as it gets cozy in bed with Microsoft.

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iPhone Outsold All Android Devices Combined In Q4    [ 25-01-2012 16:42 ]

Author: Ivanov Konstantin   Source: Reuters     Translation by: Paul Smith     

Apple have just posted a stunning set of results for Q4 of last year. The company recorded revenues of $46 billion, which translated into a profit of $13.06 billion. Now those numbers are indeed amazing, and will no doubt be like catnip for market analysts, however, what is of special interest to the geeky crowd like us is how Apple achieved those numbers. It seems they might have just stepped past Android as the market leader in smartphones.

Shipments of iPhones surpassed 37 million in Q4. That's a pretty big number, and it's especially impressive when you remember that Apple currently only offers three models of the iPhone, two of which are older models, and all of which aren't exactly super cheap. Analysts at Kantar Worldpanel ComTech are saying that the launch of the iPhone 4S drove sales to the point where the combined total of iPhone sales across all three models surpassed that of the combined sales of Android handsets in Q4. Apple's market share is being placed at 44.9% by Kantar, whilst they have downgraded Android's marketshare from 50% to 44.8%. It's definitely a slim lead for Apple, just 0.1%, but a lead nevertheless. It also represents a doubling of Apple's marketshare from Q4 2010.

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