Nokia sells 260,000 phones daily, attacks Apple

17th September, 2010 by adina
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Niklas Savander, Nokia’s executive vice president, at Nokia World day, used much of the time to criticize Apple and minimize Google. He said that both companies had questionable sales figures and claimed that Nokia has sold 260,000 phones daily during the summer, more than Apple and Android together, in his opinion. He also said expectations were for the figure to grow as the N8 should sell alone over 50 million phones during its lifespan.

What Savander claimed is questionable, as Google claimed to have activated 200,000 new Android-based devices very day, most of them smartphones, while Apple also claimed to have activated 230,000 iOS devices daily. A significant number of these devices were iPod touch players and iPads, but the largest percentage of activated devices still remains with the iPhone, so that the combination of Google and Apple should lead over Nokia after discarding non-phone devices.

While maybe mistaken, Savander was vehement enough when attacking both rivals. Accusations were thrown against Apple’s Scott Forstall for copying Nokia’s slogan “connecting people” in the promo video used for the iPhone 4. He said that this slogan was meaningful for his company and represented their mission and passion. He also made allusions to the iPhone 4’s antenna problems, claiming that the N8 and other smartphones as well would perform no matter how they were held.

Nokia’s executive also insisted that Ovi Maps were far better than Google Maps Navigation for GPS because of using offline map caching, more suited to real use. However, he gave inaccurate information when saying that turn-by-turn navigation was present only at Ovi Maps, as he ignored the release last week of the Android-based Walking Navigation.

Nokia’s VP said that Nokia was not disposed to apologize for not being like Apple or Google, although he had to admit that the company had lagged behind other competitors of the industry.

According to its executive, Nokia is going through a difficult and challenging transition and there is a lot of work to do. However, the foundation for the expected success was already built. He recognized the company has not been as competitive as desired in smartphones, but things would finally change and Nokia has engaged in the fight for smartphone leadership.

The Finnish company is struggling to maintain the numbers mentioned by Savander. It is still loosing market share both in phone sand in smartphones as well, and much of this loss is in favor of the incriminated iPhone and Android devices. Nokia’s ex mobile leader Anssi Vanjoki stated at the event that the company had invented the smartphone, but has been late, since 2007, to most additions that have determined the smartphone landscape, and he mentioned multi-touch, advanced web browsers, as well as a simple and unified application store. Most efforts to catch-up are made today and will be illustrated by the releases of some devices like the N8, C6-01, C7 or E7.


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