• Apple's iPhone Set to Overtake Nokia By 2012

    Apple's iPhone Set to Overtake Nokia By 2012

    Techtree News Staff, Jul 09, 2009 1159 hrs IST

    Rates of growth challenge Nokia's dominant position in the smartphones sector

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A research firm Generator Research in a recently published report has confirmed Nokia's worst fears. At current rates of growth, the iPhone is likely to challenge Nokia's dominant position in the smartphones sector and possibly overtake it by 2012 - just three years from now. The research predicts that Nokia will lose its market share and will drop to 20% from its current 40% share.




The report backs up its predictions stating quite a few reasons for the iPhone's increasing dominance. These include the affordability of the device and the increased chances of its availability on other networks.

That said, other manufacturers and factors seem to have been not taken into account whilst generating this report. For example, the effect of other players in the smartphone arena, like RIM, Android OS, Windows Mobile and even the upcoming Symbian Open Source OS are bound to have a say in the war that decides the outcome of this battle by the year 2012.

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(2) Comments
ramesh
,Chennai, on Jul 10, 2009 11:17 AM
I am getting bored at TT, all the articles i read yesterday in GIz, MR and Engadge i find here. Please concentrate more on indian tech there are plenty researches going on but i cant find anything here. Wake up !! start publishing your own news.
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Shaheen
,Calicut, on Jul 09, 2009 07:15 PM
Considering as a phone, Nokia still rules. The best of Iphone is its touch screen. But it has a lot of defects to overcome. Android phones can be a real challenge to Nokia although
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