2 days ago Apple published its financial results for the last 4 months of this year. According to these results, the sales of iPhone terminals and accessories generated revenues of 10.47 billion dollars for the company from Cupertino. The numbers are slightly higher than those present by Nokia last year during its last financial conference, but if we take into account Nokia's forecasts for the last 4 months of this year, then the revenues generated by Apple place it in first place in the top sellers of mobile terminals. Nokia announced that it expects to generate $11.7 billion in revenue this year from its devices and services division.
The figure from Nokia is indeed higher than what Apple presented us, but Nokia includes in these calculations both the sales of smartphones and those of low-end phones, the sales generated by tablets, laptops and the revenues from services. If we add to the figures from Apple and the revenues generated by iTunes, the sales of iPods/iPads and those of Macs, then Nokia would not have much to support its claim that it is the largest manufacturer of terminals mobile, from the point of view of receipts. Apple generates much higher revenues than Nokia from smartphone sales, and essentially surpasses Nokia in all aspects, except for the sale of low-end terminals.
With sales of its iPhone handset and accessories hitting $10.47 billion in the winter 2010 quarter, Apple has now surpassed Nokia to become the world's largest mobile phone maker in terms of revenue. Nokia's most recently reported quarter saw its Devices & Services division bringing in 7.17 billion Euros ($9.7 billion), and the company projects Q4 sales of 8.2 to 8.7 billion Euros ($11.4 to $11.7 billion), but this includes more than just its smartphone sales. Nokia's Devices & Services folds in the company's line of handheld mobile computers, tablets and other devices falling within its Mobile Solutions group, as well as its global sales of non-smart feature phones in its Mobile Phones unit, as well as a Markets unit that manages the company's Ovi-branded services ranging from email to its music and app stores.
