Nokia Posts Lower-Than-Expected Sales for Q2 2013

From DailyTech: Nokia may have posted a loss for the second quarter, but at least it managed to sell more Lumias than BlackBerry did phones.

For Q2 2013, Nokia posted an operating loss of €115 million ($150 million USD), which is quite a drop from the year-ago quarter's loss of €824 million ($1.1 billion USD).

Nokia's net sales were at €5.7 billion ($7.5 billion USD) with a non-IFRS earnings per share of $0.00 -- which is a 24 percent decrease from the year-ago quarter. Analysts expected revenues of €6.59 billion ($8.63 billion USD) with a loss per share of $0.03.

The Lumia maker's earnings report also mentioned staff cuts, with the next round equating to about 440.

On a better note, Nokia sold 7.4 million Lumia devices for the quarter, which is a boost from the 5.6 million sold last quarter and nearly double the 4 million sold in the year-ago quarter.

Interestingly, Nokia sold more Lumia devices for quarter than BlackBerry sold smartphones (including all BlackBerry phones, such as the Z10 and Q10). BlackBerry sold 6.8 million smartphones total for Q2.

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