Symbian 3 Launch Delay Will Hurt Nokia’s Margins and Its Stock

Trefis submits: Apple (AAPL) is expected to release a cheaper version of the iPhone during 2011.[1] These models could be half the size of the iPhone 4, and would presumably be available for half the price of standard iPhones.

Trefis submits: Research in Motion (RIMM) and the Indian government have again reached a deadlock situation over the issue of monitoring corporate emails. [1] Although RIM ceded to the Indian government’s demands of providing unencrypted access to the BlackBerry Messenger service, RIM has maintained its inability to provide access to corporate emails.

Trefis submits: Rising competition in the handset market, lower phone prices, and rising R&D expenses have chipped away at Nokia’s (NOK) profit margins in recent years.

Trefis submits: Trefis members have created forecasts for two key drivers of Nokia’s (NOK) stock over the last week: (1) Nokia Developed Markets Mobile Phone Prices and (2) Nokia Emerging Markets Mobile Phone Prices. These forecasts suggest that Nokia Developed Markets Mobile Phone Prices as well as Nokia Emerging Markets Mobile Phone Prices will trend slightly above estimates of the in-house team of analysts at Trefis.

The Manual of Ideas submits:Nokia (NOK) is the world’s market-leading maker of mobile devices, with close to 1.3 billion people worldwide using a Nokia handset.

Trefis submits: Nokia (NYSE:NOK), which competes with Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Research in Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM), and Motorola (NYSE:MOT), continues to lose market

Trefis submits: Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia (NOK) recently acquired the mobile Web analytic service Motally for an undisclosed sum.

Trefis submits: Apple (AAPL) competes with Motorola (MOT), Nokia (NOK) and Research in Motion (RIMM) in the mobile phone market.