Windows Phone market share in China goes to 7% in just two months, thanks to Nokia Lumia 800C

Even in the great China, as it happened in USA, Lumia Nokia devices are getting excellent sales results. As reported by Michel van der Bel , the Vice President of Microsoft, the market share of Windows Phone in China has risen to 7% in just two months , outstripping iPhone share which is stuck at 6%.

It 's certainly a very exciting because it confirms the excellent work done by Nokia and Microsoft to promote their products, but also an encouragement to continue and do better to win the favor of a greater number of Chinese consumers. This will not be easy but if brought to fruition will contribute significantly to the recovery of Nokia.

The conditions to continue on this road we are all, especially considering that we are only beginning of evolution of the operating system from Microsoft and Windows 8 will surely further boost to its spread, thanks to future mobile devices Nokia, a brand that China has always enjoyed a good reputation and trust of users.

While there is certainly plenty to do in China, and the disproportionate market share of Android is confirmed, but if these are the premises is not excluded that in a short time can match it or even exceed it. And to achieve this goal Microsoft has deployed a team of 2,500 engineers of their own R & D (research and development) to focus precisely on the Asian market.

The Nokia Lumia 800C created long lines at the China Telecom stores

With all attention to the launch of the Nokia Lumia 900 is the U.S,we almost forgot about is smaller   sibling the Nokia Lumia 800.

Now reports are coming from China that the chinese version of Lumia 800 the Lumia 800C had a very successful launch in China.

During the first days of sales at the stores of China Telecom ,long lines were created by people eager to get their hands on the Lumia 800C.

Source WPXAP;  Via MyNokiaBlog

Nokia officially launched the Nokia Lumia 800C in China

A short time ago the Nokia Conversations blog has officially announced the arrival of Lumia 800C in China .

Submitted directly to Beijing, along with cheaper Lumia 610c which will be released only during Q2 of this 2012 , the Lumia 800C will be one of the most important smartphone for the largest phone market in the world.

Announcing the launch, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop said:

“We’re excited to introduce our first Lumia smartphone, the Nokia 800C, to this important market with our exclusive launch partner, China Telecom. Working closely together, we’ve created a compelling, locally relevant experience on the Nokia 800C especially tailored for people in China”. 

The Lumia will arrive in China with new and unique applications. Nokia Lumia smartphones in China will also have access to magazine applications  from Trends,which will launch Cosmopolitan first for Nokia Lumia smartphones and provide Nokia Lumia consumers free access to FHM, Harper’s Bazaar and Esquire.

For  people using a Nokia Lumia smartphone in China, Nokia will soon offer 100,000 free downloads of the hit gaming titles Fruit Ninja and PVZ through the Nokia Collection in Marketplace. 


 More info at Nokia Conversations

Nokia Lumia 800 will be 30-day exclusive with China Telecom

The Nokia 800 Lumia prepares to conquer China facing competition is far from that with the HTC Titan, already on the market, came in first overall. The Lumia 800 will be marketed exclusively by the phone operator China Telecom , the third largest carrier in China. An agreement fairly unusual for the Chinese market in which, typically, the market of smartphones and mobile phones is done through distribution channels released by the telephone operators such as shop producers and many retailers in the area.

The Nokia Lumia 800C , fully localized Chinese version of Lumia 800 and suitable for use with the telephone networks of the populous Asian continent, will not be distributed either by store operated by Nokia. The decision to adopt this form of exclusive distribution is not so common for the Chinese market. While in the USA are the telephone operators to control all aspects of marketing of smartphones, those relating to the device as related services, China prevails distribuition of non-branded devices.

The period of exclusivity with China Telecom last thirty days, while the official launch will take place in Beijing on March 28 . As pointed out on several occasions, China, considering the high population density, is a key market for expansion of both the Windows Phone platform Lumia device.

An exclusive arrangement somewhat similar was recently concluded by China Unicom in connection with the distribution of iPhone 4s.

 Source  Via

Nokia Lumia 800c appears with Tango OS and new firmware

As a representative of China Telecom would soon revealed that the operator should include in their lists several Windows Mobile Phone from Nokia, the Lumia 800C (which is the CDMA variant of our Lumia 800) has appeared in photos with the preinstalled firmware 8763.12080.

In contrast with the upcoming update, numbered as 8107.12070, this version of the operating system may be the first official build, but not final, Windows Phone Tango.

 Source ;Via