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Nokia Lumia line has sold over 1 million units

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By: , IntoMobile
Monday, January 23rd, 2012 at 10:14 AM
Lumia sells over 1 million units

Nokia has bet its future on Windows Phone, so how has its Lumia lineup been doing so far? Well, according to a report from Bloomberg, Nokia has sold roughly 1.3 million units through the end of last year.

Nokia released the Lumia 800 and the 710 last year – roughly six months after it signed the agreement with Microsoft – and the early results have to be promising for Nokia, even if these aren’t exactly blockbuster numbers. In our reviews of the Lumia 800 and the 710, we found these devices to be well designed and pretty good phones overall.

Still, it’s just a start but Nokia is facing a very steep uphill climb. Yes, 1.3 million sales of a new lineup is good but you have to also consider that Apple could have sold more than 25 million iPhones during a similar period. That’s not a one-to-one comparison because the Lumia wasn’t in as many markets as the iPhone but the iPhone 4S recently sold more than 4 million units in its opening weekend.

Nokia doesn’t really need the 800, 710 or the upcoming 900 to produce iPhone-like sales numbers and honestly, no one really expects it to do these types of sales. The company does need a steady stream of hits in order to help reverse its slide – Nokia lost roughly $19 billion in market value in 2011. With the upcoming Windows Phone Tango software which may enable Nokia to target the emerging markets, it looks like the turnaround strategy may have some legs.

[Via Bloomberg]

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Marin Perez

Marin Perez has torture tested cell phones and smartphones for industry leaders like CNET and InformationWeek. He remembers when 4G was just a screen on PowerPoint presentations and is fascinated with the amount of innovation out there. Marin has spent a lot of time with BlackBerry and Android but he finally broke down a bought an iPhone to see what all the hype's about. He also has too many tablets.

  • http://twitter.com/mywiltpank mywiltpank

    This is just a Rumor. Elop show us the sales numbers.

    This is just Singel Core this is not high end.

  • http://twitter.com/mywiltpank mywiltpank

    This is just a Rumor. Elop show us the sales numbers.

    This is just Singel Core this is not high end.

  • http://twitter.com/mywiltpank mywiltpank

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  • http://twitter.com/mywiltpank mywiltpank

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  • http://twitter.com/YvesKallaert yves kallaert

    woohooo! and in the meantime Apple shipped 38 million units.