Re: "Things are about to change" Nokias decisive do or die moment on Sept 5th event
They do have total of 1 Lac apps, but it needs to compete from both iOS & Android while attracting more developers. The small user base is not helping either. Android took the world by storm, devoured every Single OS except for iOS. They are simply getting crushed in the competition. They need aggressive marketing and phones priced competitively with range of models.
Yes but the problem is that the wp8 requires a decent amount of processing power to run. And nokia is not OEM like samsung as a result the amount of money they end up paying just for the hardware is pretty high then add on royalties to ms and all that.
Its like Nokia developed "x" phone for 100USD.
What this means is that the total cost of the hardware in the phone = 90$
And additional money is gone into the design of the phone = 10$
Another factor to take into consideration is that how nokia pays royalty to microsoft for each phone sold. So unless Nokia will be able to make a big splash into the scene, iOs and Android will rule the roost.
Now depending on the number of phones nokia manages to sell, the cost of production of hardware will go down.
if nokia makes 100,000 pieces then suppose the phone costs 80$ and for 200,000 it costs 75$. So as the numbers rake up and nokia is able to maintain the same given price point then nokia will be able to make profit.
Another reason why apple always makes money is that they develop a phone say cost = 100$, order 1 million pieces @ 65$ and retail at 400$, apples bank account is run basically on the fact of large volumes, because they have been able to develop a os and a basic benchmark - iphone
I think that unless microsoft is really able to turn things around with something revolutionary on their apps / user experience then nokia is going down the drain and android / iOS is the way to go .
