Reuters wrote:
"Consumer demand may be showing early signs of improvement but these results show sustained pressure on smartphone margins. Apple's iPhone is defying gravity in the high tier," said CCS Insight analyst Geoff Blaber.
Analysts expect Apple, which started to sell its upgraded iPhone in June, to be one of the rare winners in the July-September period in the increasingly crowded smartphone market. It reports on October 19.
Industry sales of more advanced models, so-called smartphones, rose 15 percent from the previous quarter, Nokia said, but falling smartphone prices are hurting top vendors.
"Nokia is launching plenty of new high-end smartphone models, such as the N900 and N97 mini. But as yet there is no iPhone killer to drive a major revival in its smartphone volumes," said Neil Mawston from Strategy Analytics.
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HTC (2498.TW), the world's No. 4 smartphone brand, reported last week worse than expected results, underscoring intensifying competition and declining prices. [ID:nTP206011]
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion, the world's second-largest smartphone maker after Nokia, said on Sept. 24 its profit dropped 3.5 percent in the August quarter and gave an outlook that fell short of forecasts. [ID:nN24466680] (Additional reporting by Brett Young and Eva Lamppu in Helsinki, Blaise Robinson in Paris; editing by Elaine Hardcastle)
生產 BlackBerry 的 Research In Motion 3禮拜前也因為上季營收差而股票大跌近 2成至今仍然欲振乏力
2個月前 Windows Mobile 也被 zdnet 題為 iPhone 崛起後最大的輸家， 因為市場佔有率大跌， 遠低於微軟自己年初的預估
The numerous players in the smartphone market are quickly gaining ground in innovation and shipment numbers, but this has been mainly at Microsoft's expense, said Canalys.
