How successful would Nokia’s new range of Lumia smartphones be in terms of sales? Not at all, say some. Others differ.
First, you had Pacific Crest’s James Faucette slashing his sales estimates down to a mere 5 lakh, or one-fourth of the original figure of 20 lakh handsets predicted by him. Then research analyst Pierre Ferragu from Bernstein trashed the phones by dubbing them as too expensive and lacking in innovation, indicating that the phones were all hype and far too little substance to set the cash registers jingling for their Finnish makers.
However, Deutsche Bank has dismissed the negative predictions and has predicted fourth quarter sales of 20 lakh for the Lumia handsets.
Earlier this week, the vendor claimed its Mango-powered Nokia 800 was sold out in the United Kingdom.
People have reportedly been lining up at Nokia stores to not just check out the handset, but also place orders for it, claimed the company in a post on its official blog.
It said, “In addition, we’ve had lots of people saying that they intend to switch to the Nokia Lumia 800 at their next upgrade.”
The Lumia 800 and the Lumia 710 are the first from Nokia to run on the Mango WP platform, and saw their global launch last month at Nokia World 2011.
At a weight of 142 g, the phone measures116.5 x 61.2 x 12.1mm and has a single-piece, polycarbonate body that sports bright AMOLED ClearBlack display with toughened glass stretching from side-to-side.
Powered by a 1.4GHz processor, the phone has a graphics co-processor too that drives the operating system to deliver a smooth user experience.
It says the phone’s 16GB of internal user memory has cloud computing integrated to offer 25GB of free SkyDrive storage for music and picture files. It comes in three black, cyan and magenta colours.
The Nokia Lumia 800 sports an 8 MP auto-focus camera with Carl Zeiss optics, which is capable of shooting HD video at 30 frames per second. The phone promises talktime of up to 13 hours, or standby for up to 335 hours.
Other features include Nokia Drive for free turn-by-turn navigation and a dedicated in-car interface. Nokia Drive “turns the Nokia Lumia 800 into a fully-fledged personal navigation device”, says the company.
“Nokia Music introduces MixRadio, bringing a free, global, mobile music-streaming service with hundreds of locally-relevant channels available”.
The phone has Internet Explorer 9 browser that offers broad support for HTML5 applications, etc.
First, you had Pacific Crest’s James Faucette slashing his sales estimates down to a mere 5 lakh, or one-fourth of the original figure of 20 lakh handsets predicted by him. Then research analyst Pierre Ferragu from Bernstein trashed the phones by dubbing them as too expensive and lacking in innovation, indicating that the phones were all hype and far too little substance to set the cash registers jingling for their Finnish makers.
However, Deutsche Bank has dismissed the negative predictions and has predicted fourth quarter sales of 20 lakh for the Lumia handsets.
Earlier this week, the vendor claimed its Mango-powered Nokia 800 was sold out in the United Kingdom.
People have reportedly been lining up at Nokia stores to not just check out the handset, but also place orders for it, claimed the company in a post on its official blog.
It said, “In addition, we’ve had lots of people saying that they intend to switch to the Nokia Lumia 800 at their next upgrade.”
The Lumia 800 and the Lumia 710 are the first from Nokia to run on the Mango WP platform, and saw their global launch last month at Nokia World 2011.
At a weight of 142 g, the phone measures116.5 x 61.2 x 12.1mm and has a single-piece, polycarbonate body that sports bright AMOLED ClearBlack display with toughened glass stretching from side-to-side.
Powered by a 1.4GHz processor, the phone has a graphics co-processor too that drives the operating system to deliver a smooth user experience.
It says the phone’s 16GB of internal user memory has cloud computing integrated to offer 25GB of free SkyDrive storage for music and picture files. It comes in three black, cyan and magenta colours.
The Nokia Lumia 800 sports an 8 MP auto-focus camera with Carl Zeiss optics, which is capable of shooting HD video at 30 frames per second. The phone promises talktime of up to 13 hours, or standby for up to 335 hours.
Other features include Nokia Drive for free turn-by-turn navigation and a dedicated in-car interface. Nokia Drive “turns the Nokia Lumia 800 into a fully-fledged personal navigation device”, says the company.
“Nokia Music introduces MixRadio, bringing a free, global, mobile music-streaming service with hundreds of locally-relevant channels available”.
The phone has Internet Explorer 9 browser that offers broad support for HTML5 applications, etc.
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