(2014) “Nokia Handset Sales Decline in the Fourth Quarter.” Wall Street Journal, January 23, 2014. (2013) “Apple Revenues Up but Net Profits Down in Fourth Quarter.” MacWorld, October 28, 2013. (2013) “Why Doesn’t Apple Cut Its Prices and Sell More iPhones?” Forbes Apple 2.0 (blog), May 25, 2013. (2013) “Deal Is Easy Part for Microsoft and Nokia.” Wall Street Journal, September 3, 2013. (2011) “The iPhone Effect: How Apple’s Phone Changed Everything.” GigaOm, June 29, 2011. ![]() This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. ![]() 4 In contrast to Nokia, Apple realized it wasn’t just about the mobile device itself, it was about leveraging software to create a platform for developing compelling mobile experiences - including not just telephony but also music, movies, applications, and computing - and then building a business model that allows partners to make money alongside the company (e.g., Apple’s iTunes and AppStore) and, in so doing, perpetuate a virtuous cycle of making the iPhone attractive to customers over multiple life cycles through ever-expanding feature sets. 3 In fiscal year 2013, Apple would sell five times more smart-phones than Nokia: 150 million iPhones compared to Nokia’s sales of 30 million Lumia Windows phones. 2 Apple literally came out of nowhere - it sold exactly zero mobile phones before the year 2007 (the year Nokia held more than half of the global market share) - but by the first quarter of 2013, Apple had captured almost 40 percent of the US smartphone market and over 50 percent of the operating profit in the global handset industry. And in September 2013, Nokia would sell its mobile phone business to Microsoft for $7 billion. 1 But within half a decade, Nokia would falter and be surpassed in the smartphone market not only by Apple’s revolutionary iPhone but also by competitors including Google and Samsung. Founded in 1871 originally as a rubber boots manufacturer, by 2007 Nokia produced more than half of all mobile phones sold on the planet, and its Symbian mobile operating system commanded a 65.6 percent global market share. It’d be interesting to see who comes out at top.In the mid-to late 2000s, Nokia flourished as the world’s dominant mobile phone - and mobile phone operating software - producer. ![]() A few other OEMs like Xiaomi, Lenovo, and LG are also in the race. Huawei, in particular, is competing head-on with Samsung to launch the first truly foldable smartphone. Meanwhile, it’s not a one-horse race for Samsung either. Chinese smartphone makers Huawei and Oppo are also developing their own versions of foldable phone. The event will take place from November 7-8 in San Francisco. While Samsung hasn’t confirmed the release date for the foldable phone yet, the best place I can imagine Samsung doing so is at Samsung Developer Conference ( SDC) 2018. But the phone, for sure, will be highly priced, as it uses two OLED screens and some parts that have never been mass-produced. The Samsung foldable smartphone is expected to bring fresh breathe into the otherwise stagnant smartphone market. However, due to yield issues, the company will likely place parts orders for 150,000 to 180,000 units per month. Samsung Display, the display manufacturing unit of Samsung, will start placing parts orders from October. Samsung is expected to produce between 100,000 and 120,000 units of the foldable display per month. To eliminate the drawbacks of the in-folding display, and to boost the phone’s usability even when folded, Samsung plans to attach an extra 4.6-inch flexible OLED display on the outside. ![]() According to the report, the phone will feature a massive 7.3-inch OLED display when unfolded. The display will have a 1.5R curvature, which means the display can be folded to wrap around a 1.5 millimeter-radius circle. On folding, the phone moves inwards along the longitudinal axis. The Samsung foldable smartphone is being developed under project name Winner, and will have a diary-like design, ET News reports.
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