Within a few years, the landscape of the mobile phone manufacturing buddelte completely around. Who plays with at all today? In the year 2012 have managed: Sony, Motorola, HTC, Nokia, RIM, LG, Samsung and Apple.

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Sony presents the final figures for the Christmas quarter only on 19 January. In Q3, it was an issue with only a one percent increase compared to the prior-year quarter. Net income decreased by EUR 49 million. Sony dissolved the joint venture with Ericsson last fall. The complete takeover of the subsidiary will cost EUR 1.05 billion. The Xperia Smartphone series to have sold 22 million units to fall as a whole. Sony sees its Android market share at about 12 percent.
Motorola mobility clicked Google – for US$ 12.5 billion. It hailed a profit warning in the fourth quarter. In the important Christmas season sold only meager 5.3 million smartphones. In the corresponding prior-year quarter there were 4.9 million. The full numbers are in for the January 26.
HTC sets after two successful years for the first time on the nose. Winning last declined by a quarter. The Taiwanese manufacturer is Samsung and Motorola to the three great Android stalls and as the world’s fifth largest smartphone manufacturer. Since beginning of 2011, HTC lost a 46-percent of its share value.
To refer to Nokia’s last year as ‘turbulent’ would be a fine understatement. Stephen Elop set sail on the Finnish mobile cruiser in new waters. We end January learn first results from the Microsoft deal with the launched Lumia device series. Although the Finns just bought a new cheap-OS a few days ago, is based on the profits for smartphones, which is closely tied to the success of the Windows phone software Nokia. Takeover rumours of Microsoft for the Finnish Smartphone business exist, get however strong denials.
RIM managed to deliver an even wilder year. Even iron optimists can find here no positive words. With bad numbers, a fired Executive Board and at the end of 2012 moved products the insignificance to touch is close. In the last quarter we delivered sold 14.1 million smartphones. 2012 can be only better, but because no one actually believes.
LG tripled its loss just under € 90 million in the third quarter of fiscal year 2011. Sales of mobile phones from 24.8 to 21.1 million units decreased compared to the previous year. This is not a single result but a trend: the third largest mobile phone maker wrote in this category already for the fifth time in a row red.
Apple’s numbers for the Smartphone business remain highly profitable and with strong growth in the Asian markets. Over 30 + million iPhones sold are expected for the Christmas quarter and sales of 37 billion. Tomorrow exactly five years ago, Steve Jobs the world introduced for the first time to the iPhone.
And then there is Samsung, who last week presented a record result and stay next ‘Smartphone-global leader’ would be. Estimated value: €118 billion. The South Koreans expect sales of 31 billion euros with an increase of 73 per cent and 32 + million sold mobile phones for Q4 2011.
Exaggerated terms: RIM dies on rates, Nokia and Windows phone play no role, HTC and Motorola stumble and depends on the battle between iOS and Android at Samsung.
Within a few years, the landscape of the mobile phone manufacturing buddelte completely around. Who plays with at all today? In the year 2012 have managed: Sony, Motorola, HTC, Nokia, RIM, LG, Samsung and Apple.
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Sony presents the final figures for the Christmas quarter only on 19 January. In Q3′s was an issue with only one…