RIP, Nokia (1865 - 2014) • Hacker News Board

Re: RIP, Nokia (1865 - 2014)

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Post by greyerzer » Mon, Jun 18, 2012, 6:48 PM UTC

If Nokia actually dies, Microsoft will pretty much have to buy them in order to ensure that they don't lose their (rather shaky) grasp on the mobile market (more of a foot in the door really...) That would make Microsoft the third company producing an entire mobile ecosystem of its own after Apple and Google. It's interesting to observe that the technological trend towards ecosystems is also happenning in the business sphere, albeit with some delay.

Also, I would be sad to see Nokia go - I always liked their well-built (dumb) phones.

Re: RIP, Nokia (1865 - 2014)

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Post by joezydeco » Mon, Jun 18, 2012, 8:19 PM UTC

josteink wrote: post #39

mtgx wrote: post #5

Nokia won't last until 2014. They are declining too fast. They went from 45% market share to 18% in China, one of their strongest and biggest markets, last year alone. This year they will probably fall way below 10%. Nokia will most likely be acquired by the end of this year or in the first half of next year (or go bankrupt otherwise).

Nokia won't last until 2014. They are declining too fast If the failboat called RIM has managed to stay afloat for so long, I cannot see Nokia failing any faster. At least Nokia has (finally) released something which belongs in this time and age, while RIM still insists it will release BB OS 10 "real soonish now", like it has for the past year. Or is it years? Plural? I don't know. I just know that their current prem…

Just got a little worse for RIM:

"Toronto-based original device manufacturer Celestica on Monday announced that it will stop producing hardware for struggling mobile device vendor Research In Motion. Celestica stated that it will wind down manufacturing services related to BlackBerry devices over the next three to six months, and it expects restructuring charges to be less than $35 million"

http://www.bgr.com/2012/06/18/celestica-dumps-blackberry-rim...

Re: RIP, Nokia (1865 - 2014)

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Post by nicholassmith » Tue, Jun 19, 2012, 12:20 PM UTC

bitwize wrote: post #49

nicholassmith wrote: post #4

I don't think it's necessarily game over for Nokia, but they've got to drastically rethink their game plan. They burned through cash getting the Lumia phones ready, gorgeous as they are, which is a gamble not yet to pay off. They're using the third horse in the race, a platform which it's creators have yet to successfully manage into the mainstream consciousness. Too many flaws to stand next to Android and iOS, but n…

I don't think it's necessarily game over for Nokia, but they've got to drastically rethink their game plan. Flash their back catalogue of 800s with stock ICS, call it the Nokia Lumia A, sell them for $200 a pop (sans contract). That'll stem the bleeding and give them time to come up with their real Galaxy-killer.

I'd imagine they can't, under terms of their agreement with Microsoft, but that might not be forever so maybe they will. But is the market ready for yet another Android handset? It's a thin share of the pie as it is.