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发帖数: 6973 | 1 Nokia at the crossroads l Blazing Platforms: It is not just the world’s
biggest handset-maker that has lost its edge. So has Europe’s whole mobile-
phone industry. Economist, Feb 10, 2011.
http://www.economist.com/node/18114689?story_id=18114689
My comment:
(a) This article demonstrates the strength of the Economist--and explains
why the Economist stands alone whereas other news magazines are under siege
(losing both money and readership).
(b) There is no need to read the article, except a peep at the graphics,
whose headings are "Mobile-phone makers' world handset market share, % ...
and their share of profits, % of total"
I have never used a mobile (or cell) phone; I can not tell quality. All
other reports so far talk about market share, based on which I did not feel
the urgency of new Nokia CEO, an American and the first foreign CEO of Nokia
. But the graphics explains Nokia is in a dire strait--and why HTC of Taiwan
is prosperous, though its global market share of mobile phones is trivial (
and its corresponding share of smarket phones is just 1.5%).
Note:
(i) No Japanese company is listed. Japan used to make terrific mobile phones
which could do many things but somehow were not sold abroad. After
introduction of iPhone, Japanese mobile phone makers are not heard of any
more.
(ii) In 2010, white-box mobile phones 山寨手机 (most of which were made in
China, with chipsets from Taiwan's MediaTek) made up 22.5% of global mobile
phone market. I am surprised that white box account for negligible profits.
MediaTek certainly makes a bundle. |
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