July 23 news , Nokia announced yesterday the second quarter of fiscal year 2010 earnings . Earnings figures in the second quarter, Nokia's smart phones sold 24 million worldwide , the figure 21.5 million over the first quarter improved 11.6%.

A few days after Apple announced last quarter filing shows Apple's second quarter, total worldwide sales of 8.4 million iPhone handsets . Although the figures are still significantly behind Nokia, but the iPhone mobile phone sales last quarter rose 61% , an increase far higher than the Nokia .

However, Nokia 's flagship system using Symbian phones not listed N8 , N9 using MeGoo system may be released until the fourth quarter . In the market , Nokia has not yet a comparable with iPhone 4 smart phone .

There is no doubt , with the iPhone 4 and the variety of new machines released Android , the global smart phone will enter a period of rapid growth . IDC statistics show that the first quarter of the global shipping 54.7 million smart phones , Nokia , RIM and Apple occupy the top three . In the first quarter , worldwide mobile phone smart phone has been accounted for 18.8% of total shipments , to the end of this year , this proportion is expected to be further improved .

Shipped 111.1 million handsets in the second quarter

The second quarter , Nokia shipped 111.1 million in the global . As the world's largest mobile phone manufacturers , mobile phone shipments this quarter, up 3% sequentially compared to the same period last year also increased by 8%.

The world's top five handset vendors , only Sony Ericsson and Nokia announced its second -quarter earnings . Samsung , LG and Motorola phones have not yet announced the specific second-quarter shipment figures . Sony Ericsson 's second quarter, only 11 million mobile phone shipments . Nokia still can not shake the boss 's position .

It is worth noting in the second quarter, the average ex-factory price of Nokia handsets only 61 euros and 62 euros lower than the first quarter and fourth quarter 2009, € 64 . This also shows the smart phone market is not the case as Nokia can only be in the low-end market to maintain their size advantage.

Nokia's second quarter net sales of 100 million euros, mobile phone unit contributed 6.8 billion euros . In accordance with IFRS ( International Financial Reporting Standards ), is the second -quarter operating profit of Nokia mobile phone sector, 6.43 billion euros. However involvement NAVTEQ maps in Nokia Siemens and business losses in the second quarter, Nokia 's overall operating profit of only 295 million euros .