The worldwide mobile phone and smartphone markets continued to grow in Q3 2012. A total of 444.5 million mobile phones were shipped in the quarter (a 2.4% increase over the same quarter a year ago) while smartphones specifically recorded a growth of 45.3% year-over-year to reach shipments of 179.7 million units. In the smartphone space, Apple and Samsung continued to […]
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Nokia Lumia 920 coming to Rogers on November 12th?
While Rogers has yet to announce exactly when it will launch the Nokia Lumia 920 (“early November” is the current ETA), one of its retail stores looks to have let the cat out of the bad. According to a tweet by @rogersmapleview, a store in Burlington, Nokia’s Windows Phone 8 flagship smartphone will be out on November 12th: The Nokia […]
Image: Nokia Lumia 822 spotted with charging pad
The Nokia Lumia 822 (also known as the Nokia Atlas) has made another appearance. The latest image, courtesy of @evleaks, shows it in white along with a matching charging pad. Sadly, this latest image is not as sharp as the last one. The Nokia Lumia 822 is rumoured to be headed to Verizon with the necessary CDMA radios in tow. […]
Nokia announces Windows Phone 7.5 Lumia 510
Nokia is not quite done with Windows Phone 7.5. It today announced the Nokia Lumia 510, billed as its “most affordable Lumia so far.” “With the Nokia Lumia 510 we continue to meet our commitment to bring Windows Phone to new, lower price points,” said Jo Harlow, executive vice president of Nokia Smart Devices. “People who use Windows Phone quickly […]
Nokia ships 2.9 million Lumia smartphones in latest fiscal Q3 2012 quarter
Nokia’s troubled turnaround continues as the company today announced its fiscal Q3 2012 results, posting a lower-than-expected loss in what it described as “a difficult quarter.” Overall revenues came in at &euro7.2 billion (about US$9.45), down 19% over the same quarter a year ago and down 4% over the previous one. This translated into a loss of €576 billion (US$755 […]
Rogers Nokia Lumia 920 exclusivity only good for a month?
Earlier this month, Rogers announced that it would be the exclusive Canadian carrier for the Nokia Lumia 920. But it may not be all bad news for customers hoping to see the Lumia 920 on other Canadian carriers. A WMPowerUser reader was reportedly told by a Rogers representative that the carrier’s exclusivity period could be as short as one month. […]
Nokia Lumia 922 headed to Verizon?
While AT&T will be the exclusive U.S. carrier for the Windows Phone 8-powered Nokia Lumia 920, it looks like there a variant could also headed to Verizon. This suggests that Nokia is adopting a similar strategy to what it is doing with the Lumia 820 and a number of carrier-specific variants such as the Lumia 810 for T-Mobile USA. According […]
Nokia Atlas for Verizon revealed?
The Nokia Lumia 810, a Lumia 820 variant headed exclusively to T-Mobile USA, was announced yesterday. Another variant now appears to have been revealed. A leaked image of the device was posted on Twitter by @evleaks earlier today. Identified as the the Nokia Atlas, it looks to be headed to Verizon (perhaps as the Nokia Lumia 822). The image shows […]