Meanwhile, the company's smartphone sales seem to be growing
thanks to fresh Lumia models like the 520, 620 and 720 --
with a total of 7.4 million Windows Phone 8 devices sold in the quarter. While
that's a big improvement on the 5.6 million in Lumia sales from Q1 and
the 4.4 million sold in Q4 2012, the Asha division saw sales slip down
from 5 million last quarter to 4.3 million now. Oh, and if anyone's still in
the market for a Symbian handset, better be quick -- the company is
reporting that sales of the phones are now "approximately zero."
In other parts of the business, "Here," Nokia's
renamed mapping division, lost €89 million ($116 million) while Nokia Siemens
Networks made a slender €8 million ($10.4 million) profit. Looking forward, the
company has said that it's lowering its future estimates by two per cent,
saying that dwindling demand, higher operating expenses and "the
macroeconomic environment" will all help to erode the company's cash
reserves. But hey, at least Microsoft's still is kicking in that $250
million in alimony platform support payments.
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