Nokia N8 has sold 3.5 to 4 million units according to research firm

By on Dec 29, 2010 at 8:10 PM
mobile December 29, 2010

Finnish equity research firm Inderes said Wednesday that Nokia is estimated to have shipped between 3.5 million and 4 million N8 smartphones to date. The Nokia N8, which launched late in the third quarter of 2010, was the first Nokia smartphone to feature the Symbian^3 operating system  — which has since been renamed simply to “Symbian.” Ahead of the N8 launch, Nokia stated that it had “received a record number of online pre-orders for the Nokia N8.” Nokia did not provide any figures to substantiate its claim at that point in time, and it has not reported any sales figures since the launch of the N8. Inderes’ sales estimates, which are based on channel checks and other data, suggest that the N8 has been quite popular in several markets such as India, Finland and Malaysia. While estimated N8 sales fall short of popular devices like the iPhone 4 and Samsung’s Galaxy S, Inderes’ figures are very promising for the struggling Finnish cell phone maker.

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  • Ivan4879

    better believe it !

  • http://www.facebook.com/peterf Peter Fares

    Seriously? People must still be buying Nokia phones without looking at the competition.

    • Ivan4879

      what phone do u have ? I have the N900 and u better believe there is nothing close to this yet. . .

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1143030578 Curtis Hoffman

        lol, my Droid is equal if not better than your N900

      • Ivan4879

        fool . . . watch your mouth before u speak ! are u serious ? what makes u think that ?

    • Anonymous

      Peter .. did you try N8 before you bought your phone? if not give it a try.

    • Dblnutcustard

      It’s those damn Indians keeping nokia going.

  • Anonymous

    I love my N8!!

  • Norm

    Would have been like 25 million easily if they would just use the DROID OS.

  • Anonymous

    3.5 to 4 million?

    I feel bad for them as a “No. 1 smartphone maker in the world”.

    • Anonymous

      thats only the n8, not including all there smartphones, iphones are 3gs 8,16 and 32 gb as well as ip4 16 and 32gb vs 1 N8 16gb, android is all androids so i think they doing pretty good

      • Anonymous

        the iPhone 4 itself has sold 14 million units in the last quarter.

      • Anonymous

        All I’ve ever seen are references to “Iphone” sales not “Iphone 4″, considering some of the supply issues, I would bet some of those sales were not Iphone 4′s in smaller markets where Iphone 4 wasn’t available initially.

      • Anonymous

        apple sold 14 million iphones not just iphone 4, thats the total # of iphones sold

  • http://www.fbloise.com Frankie Bloise

    Sounds ok for a phone launched two months ago.

  • Anonymous

    Perspective based on available data:
    The N8 began shipping Sept 30th, so Oct, Nov, Dec, makes 3 months of being out. 3.5 to 4 mil sold, Q3 sales of smartphones 29.5 mil
    Iphone 4: 3 million in ~1 month, quarterly sales for Q3 were 13.5 mil (14.1 shipped) for any Iphone
    Android: Q3 20.5 mil any android type, haven’t found a good break down, not spending more time on this

    Overall the Iphone 4 seems to have sold faster initially, but sales are within the same order of magnitude. Competition is good.

  • http://twitter.com/beenswank © b e e n s w a n k

    How does Nokia even manage to stay relevant?

    • http://www.sadude.com SaDudE

      because people like you are blind to what it means to be an international company

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1143030578 Curtis Hoffman

    I call bull$hit

  • Anonymous

    Not bad for a phone that was written off by so many… I have a friend who has a N8 and he loves it.

  • http://twitter.com/judsontwit Judson

    Well, that’s more than every Windows Phone combined.

  • Saakik

    I love my N8 and my wife was so impressed she got a C7. Both phones blow away the competition from Android and iOS. The only reason I can think for people being Nokia haters is they feel envy and stupidity for spending more money on an inferior device! Hehehehe.

  • Goofan (aka Apple Hater)

    Hate to say it, but that phone looks SWEET! The pics on the site blow ANYTHING from Android Phones or iPhones!

  • Gus

    I’m returning my N8. Piece of crap

  • Anonymous

    I hope someone can install Android on one of them. Having an pentaband Android device would be killer.

  • Anonymous

    I’d get one if I had a spare 500 bucks. I don’t.

  • ivan

    shipping 4 million devices and SELLING 4 million devices are 2 completely different things, looks like nokia took a page out of sony’s playbook

  • Dblnutcustard

    Seriously do people really still purchase Nokia phones?

  • Jared

    To sell 4 million units without being affiliated with a carrier is very impressive ……One other thing I would like to add is all smart phones -web browse -email -text -mms -wifi -and all the other functions we like ——the three things that set them all apart is total storage capacity – camera quality – and screen ……the N8 is the clear winner here scoring 2 out of 3 …………………..food for thought

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