IDC: Apple still leads RIM as No. 2 worldwide smartphone maker

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  • Reply 21 of 25
    hill60hill60 Posts: 6,992member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by RichL View Post


    That's NOT a Symbian phone. Where are you getting the information that it is a Symbian phone?



    All new Symbian phones are touchscreen-based.



    Like the E-series?



    Big sellers like the E63, E71, E72, E5 or the C3 are all qwerty keyboard, non-touchscreen Symbian phones that look like Blackberry's or pre 2007 Android phones.
  • Reply 22 of 25
    richlrichl Posts: 2,213member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by hill60 View Post


    Like the E-series?



    Big sellers like the E63, E71, E72, E5 or the C3 are all qwerty keyboard, non-touchscreen Symbian phones that look like Blackberry's or pre 2007 Android phones.



    Let's go down your list...



    E63, E71 - Released 3 years ago.

    E72 - Released 2 years ago.

    E5 - Fair point.

    C3 - Not a Symbian phone.



    All of the major new Symbian phones, such as the N8, C7 and E7, are touchscreen phones though. The latest version of Symbian doesn't even support non-touchscreen devices.
  • Reply 23 of 25
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by RichL View Post


    That's NOT a Symbian phone. Where are you getting the information that it is a Symbian phone?



    All new Symbian phones are touchscreen-based.



    Nokia's website lists that phone under their Symbian line when searching for Symbian phones. No, it's not as advanced as others, but they absolutely classify it as Symbian (S40 to be exact).
  • Reply 24 of 25
    richlrichl Posts: 2,213member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by hittrj01 View Post


    Nokia's website lists that phone under their Symbian line when searching for Symbian phones. No, it's not as advanced as others, but they absolutely classify it as Symbian (S40 to be exact).



    *facepalm*



    S40 is not Symbian. S40 runs on top of Nokia OS, Nokia's feature phone OS. S60 is the old name (no longer used) for the UI running on top of Symbian.



    Nowhere on Nokia's website does it say that the 7020 is a Symbian phone. It's not a Symbian phone. Nokia does not count S40 sales in its smartphone figures.



    I hope this clears things up for everyone on here.
  • Reply 25 of 25
    nasdarqnasdarq Posts: 137member
    The really big news here is that ONLY Samsung and HTC significantly outgrew the smartphone market in 2010. Apple's overall share hasn't been growing during the last year, and the share of Nokia has NOT been eaten by Apple or Rim but rather by the Corean and Chinese manufacturers. See both Samsung and HTC (but also LG) to be further eating into Nokia's as well as Apple's share within the next few years.
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