Nokia really has lost the market and never be able to turn around? perhaps is not so bad we had imagined. The Wall Street and the global share markets may have a different story to tell, but Nokia and BlackBerry still rule the cellphone market. ahappydeal review If the Mobility 2012 survey by researchers World Wide Worx is anything to go by, Nokia holds half the cellphone market share in South Africa among 16-year-olds and older customers living in cities and towns. Also, ahappydeal.com review BlackBerry grew its share to 18 percent from 4 percent the previous year. Globally, Nokia held an estimated 37 percent of the smartphones market share last year, and in February, research firm Gartner estimated its overall market share was 23 percent. However, the future of any company or industry depends to a great extent on emerging and developing markets. ahappydeal coupon code As per the IMF, seven of the top 10 fastest-growing economies over the next five years will be from Africa. Africa is the fastest-growing cellular region, expected to reach 735 million subscribers by the end of the year. Nokia already has its hands on the pulse of this emerging market. Its Symbian operating system is being used for 70 percent of internet page views in Africa. The two smartphone giants sold half of these top-end phones in the first quarter, ahappydeal.com coupon codes but managed to grab 90 percent of the profit. In the second quarter, Samsung sold 50 million phones to Apple’s 26 million, said research firm IDC – or 32 percent and 16 percent of the smartphone market, respectively. On the other hand, Nokia and Research In Motion (RIM) have both experienced market share crash in the more developed markets of North America and Europe. Despite this not-so-comforting situation, ahappydeal discount codes Nokia and RIM seem to be hopeful and in a position to play the brand equity card and capture a major chunk of the market share in Africa. It is still to be seen whether this is possible, but the economic growth in the next decade is projected to come mostly from emerging markets and this is in favour of both Nokia and BlackBerry.
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