A lot of the growth we're seeing in 2006 and beyond will come from emerging markets. |
All the regions recorded growth this quarter, apart from Japan that saw a small decline in demand compared to the second quarter in 2004. |
Although their market share is going up, this is putting pressure on their margins and profits, |
As competition continues to drive price pressure at the low end and a design and technology 'arms race' at the high end, the survival of the fittest depends more and more on economies of scales, or very carefully cut out niche markets. |
Based on preliminary data for the first two months we expect to see a similar trend as in the first quarter of 2005 with a drop over the previous quarter in the region of five to eight percent. |
Growth will slow down going into the second and third quarter. |
I think it's still a hard target to get, but it looks definitively more possible now than when they were talking about it a year ago. |
In any case, it will be higher than 800 million. |
It's the mixture of products with more basic phones being sold in emerging markets and that's gonna shift your ASP. |
Nokia has proven that there is a sizeable market of consumers in Europe, North America and Japan who are looking to replace their phones with a more powerful device that can do instant messaging, photography, music. |
not decreasing as much as they thought. |
Over all, their mix is improved. They are shifting more toward that mid- and high-tier model, |
People will understand that getting a piece of the cake is better than not getting any cake at all. |
Samsung needs to do something because its share is not growing. |
They need to find new applications and features that will continue to sell their more expensive phones in Western Europe and North America. |