Nokia Sells Record 8.8 Million Lumia Smartphones in Q3

Good news for Microsoft: Nokia Lumia sales are on the rise. Now, the bad news: Many of those sales appear to be coming from cheaper devices.

Nokia Lumia sales hit a record 8.8 million in the third quarter, a 19% increase from the previous quarter and a huge spike from the 2.5 million Lumia devices it sold in the same quarter last year. The company credited that increase to the broader range of products in the Lumia line and particularly to the popularity of the lower-cost Lumia 520, which was introduced earlier this year.

That momentum may bode well for Microsoft, which struck a deal last month to acquire Nokia's handset division for $7.2 billion. The two companies had previously been in a strategic partnership, in which Nokia used Microsoft's software for its smartphones Read more...