Comments on: Huawei and Microsoft – Out of Africa

By: windsorr

windsorr — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 07:20:06 +0000

Drop as in “get rid of” or reduce to zero!. Low affluence is good for MSFT as it keeps Apple out. That leaves MSFT vs Android. as the only internet device used, I think Android is weak which leaves MSFT as a much easier to use, set up etc ecosystem with a fighting chance,,,price is a factor though,,,,,

By: Adam Nealis

Adam Nealis — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 09:48:39 +0000

“If Microsoft were to drop its $16 (RFM estimate) per unit royalty it would help, but I fear that much more needs to be done to the hardware to bring the cost down.”

“Drop” as in “reduce”?

Microsoft may very well be “Out Of Africa” if they have the same penetration on that undiscovered continent that they are “enjoying” elsewhere. Interesting if this relatively low affluence part of the world is of strategic importance to them.

By: windsorr

windsorr — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 08:32:46 +0000

The new version of s40 is actually not bad. it works pretty well and outperfroms Android devices in its price category.

By: tatilsever

tatilsever — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:11:24 +0000

Sorry, I should learn to read better.

The only S40 Nokia phone I owned was a really basic model, I would not dream of browsing with it, even the address book and sending SMS felt very convoluted, so I am surprised to hear that S40 works better than Android as a cheap smartphone.

By: windsorr

windsorr — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:37:17 +0000

didnt say a word about Symbian,,,,s40 is a propreitary OS owned by Nokia…it has nothing to do with Symbian….thsi is why its so cheap

By: tatilsever

tatilsever — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:07:26 +0000

Why bring up Symbian at all? Nokia’s Symbian sales are down to about 2 million during the last quarter and it was the holiday shopping season. Even if all of them were sold in Africa, it is a negligible number and still going down. Is there another S40 manufacturer left?