Apple rise in foreign media inventory winners losers: Microsoft’s for losers
The foreign media today wrote, according to the latest results for the quarter rise that occurs after the selected Apple winners and losers. Following is the text of the article:
This week released results of consumer technology companies like Apple the Super liners parked around the boats. As the second highest in the market value of companies in the world today, Apple has swept 1997 swoon. The company announced on April 20, showed this March quarter net profit of $ 5.99 billion, up almost doubled in the quarter iPhone shipments for 18.65 million units, iPad in short supply.
The results announced from the past two weeks, Apple this dominance has produced many losers, but at the same time there have been few winners.
Microsoft: the losers
A year ago, Apple replaces Microsoft as the world’s top technology companies in the market value. Mid-autumn season last year, Apple’s quarterly revenue surpassed Microsoft. March quarters this year net profit also surpassed Microsoft.
Microsoft released Thursday, showed, decline in revenues for the second quarter of the Windows operating system, because a user purchases reduce the number of Windows computers.
Was supposed to buy Windows computers were turned into a Mac user-Apple Mac PC sales growth in March quarter 28%. There are a few users into the iPad users. According to Goldman Sachs estimates that iPad sales in 30% is was supposed to buy PC users. Last century 90 ‘s, this trend reverse, when Windows PC is gradually squeezed out Mac.
Nokia: the losers
Nokia said this week it will cut 7,000 jobs through layoffs and outsourcing. Nokia’s handset sales still the world’s largest, but the share has gradually been Apple eating into, especially in the Smartphone market.
United States market research company Strategy Analytics according to the March quarter of this year, Apple iPhone sales have more than Nokia, because the iPhone’s price is much higher than Nokia’s average selling prices. It also makes Apple became the world’s top mobile phone manufacturers.
In order to better compete with the iPhone, Nokia to abandon Symbian and switching to Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 camp. But that transformation takes time: first Windows Phone Nokia phones can only be published to the end of 2011 or early 2012.
RIM: loser
The BlackBerry maker suffered similar predicaments and Nokia. RIM on Thursday warned that for the quarter ended May, the company’s net income, revenues and sales will be lower than previously expected.
Compared with the iPhone and Android phones, RIM’s high-end handset slightly outdated, sales will not be able to achieve the desired.
RIM promised investors, matching the new version of software for mobile phones will drive performance back on track in the second half of this year, but analysts sceptical of this, and cause the RIM shares plunge on Friday.
HTC, Samsung, Motorola mobile companies: indirect winner
The three companies are to compete with Apple iPhone, but their performance was good. With Nokia and RIM are different, the three companies to bet on the Google Android system, the look, feel and functionality of the system were to imitate iPhone.
Still in the shadow of the old Motorola Motorola mobile company, which used to be the world’s second-largest handset maker. But Motorola mobile focus is on Android who but also achieved some results. The company on Thursday reported first-quarter smartphone sales almost doubled.
HTC production has gone on for ten years, but only recently with the Android to take off. The company on Friday announced that first-quarter sales amounted to 9.7 million.
In mobile phone sales down weak case and other electronic products, Samsung smartphone sales the company has also become a bright spot in the first quarter. The company is currently in a legal dispute with Apple.
Verizon Wireless: winner
Introduction of CDMA version of iPhone in February 10, and concluded its exclusive AT&T operational status, the US’s largest mobile operator recently announced contracts users increased significantly.
AT&T and Sprint Nextel: mixed
Verizon’s new registered user growth accompanied by AT&T and Sprint lost of users, but there is no indication, the user replaced simply because iPhone carrier. But for those people who are already wavering between the different operators of the users, the more likely because of the iPhone, choose Verizon.
AT&T’s new in the latest quarter basic flat to the Verizon iPhone users. Sprint recently lost a lot of contract users, but users who are not contract with a lower price is still growing.
SINA technology compiled