Nokia’s resurgence may well be underway. The company has been estimated to have sold some 1.3 million Windows Phone-powered Lumia smartphones in 2011. The Bloomberg report is based on an average estimate of 22 analysts. The sales figures are to operators and retailers, suggesting that sales to customers will fall somewhere below that number. Just how far remains unclear. WithNokia scheduled to announce its latest financial results later this week, we may find out a bit more quite soon.
Individual analyst estimates ranged from 800,000 to over 2 million units sold. Only one analyst suggested that sales would have come up short of 1 million units.
Nokia first launched the Lumia 710 and 800 in Europe. The North American launch began this year with T-Mobile offering the Lumia 710. The Nokia Lumia 800 will also be offered as an unlocked device while the LTE-enabled Nokia Lumia 900 will be offered by AT&T starting in March (and possibly other carriers later). In Canada, the Nokia Lumia 710 is headed to Rogers while the Nokia Lumia 800 will be offered by TELUS.
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