Does RIM's "Huge Loss" Signal Wider Handset Market Deterioration?

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday June 28, 2012 @04:27PM from the blood-in-the-water dept.

zacharye writes "RIM was expected to deliver a nightmarish, -30% year-on-year revenue decline into the May quarter — the company issued its latest profit warning just four weeks ago. Yet it ended up missing the lowered consensus estimate by 10%, generating just $2.8 billion in sales. The reasons for RIM's decline are well-known and will be rehashed again over the next 24 hours. But the size of the F1Q13 sales miss raises another question: apart from Apple and Samsung, is the handset industry drifting into serious trouble?"

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Re:No, just RIM by tsa · 2012-06-28 17:41 · Score: 1, Funny

That's why I dumped my N900 for an iPhone.

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Re:No by Sponge+Bath · 2012-06-29 00:50 · Score: 4, Funny

seeing MSFT throw the Hail Mary... they sat on their laurels.
For some strange reason, there were no chairs left.