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Motorola falls to 3rd in world market share, but why is Nokia still so dominant?

Motorola just posted their latest financial results and it shows another quarterly loss that will drop them to third place in the global handset market share with Samsung moving into number two. Nokia remains in first place and I followed a link posted on jkOnTheRun that took me to an excellent BusinessWeek article on why Nokia is leaving Motorola (and now Samsung) in the dust.
Written by Matthew Miller, Contributing Writer

Motorola just posted their latest financial results and it shows another quarterly loss that will drop them to third place in the global handset market share with Samsung moving into number two. Nokia remains in first place and I followed a link posted on jkOnTheRun that took me to an excellent BusinessWeek article on why Nokia is leaving Motorola (and now Samsung) in the dust.

Nokia's worldwide dominance has a lot to do with the 100 phone lineup that reaches from the most basic user looking for a nearly free phone up to the high end mobile enthusiast willing to pay US$750. Nokia's global market share is something like 37% and could hit 40% this year, while Motorola was at about 20% when they were in second place. The article has some interesting information on their supply chain as well.

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