Nokia and Sony will eventually have to stop making phones. That predicts analyst and former Nokia employee’s Horace Dediu in an interview with Tweakers.net. Manufacturers would have to dedicated a lot of attention to hardware.
Nokia had actually already five years ago the make of the phones must be down, says Dediu, who, under the name Asymco money with the analysis of the mobile market. “In fact, that plan was there. Nokia saw coming that the leading position in the long term under pressure to stand, but undertook little action.”
According to Dediu had Nokia, for example, can focus on the fast development of Symbian and MeeGo, and associated apps and services. “Nokia wanted to be a kind of Google, but in the end it was decided that the plan was not to continue. Nokia was afraid of the own business of sale of hardware to kannibaliseren.” The analyst, who has in the past years, Nokia worked, claims that Nokia has a correct step made by Microsoft to work together on Windows Phone. “Otherwise, the company now feel even worse defended.”
Sony, previously Sony Ericsson, has the boat been missed, according to the analyst. “Apple and Google have very deliberately built to an ecosystem, where software is more important than hardware. Many manufacturers found the correct hardware the most important and receive the bill now presented.” Recently, it became clear that the smartphonemakers that their figures reveal, only Apple, Samsung and HTC make a profit with their telefoondivisie. Dediu was one of the speakers at the Mobile Convention, a meeting for the telecom market, which is Tuesday in Amsterdam was held.