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Finally, some good news for Nokia: Lumias outshipped iPhone, Samsung Android phones through first three quarters
Jul 20th, 2012
Nokia (NOK) has hit a bit of a rough patch lately, having just reported its third consecutive billion-dollar quarterly loss earlier this week. Of course, investors saw some promise in Nokia's earnings report, and it turns out there may be even more cause for optimism than they initially thought. According to market research firm Strategy Analytics, Nokia's Windows Phone efforts are off to a better start than Apple's (AAPL) iPhone or Samsung's (005930KS) Android smartphones at this point in their respective product cycles. 'We estimate Nokia shipped 6.9 million Lumia smartphones with the Microsoft (MSFT) Windows Phone operating system cumulatively worldwide during the first three quarters after commercial launch, from Q4 2011 to Q2 2012,' Neil Shah, a senior analyst at Strategy Analytics, (Source: BGR News) -
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