MNB RG: Latest StatCounter in Finland, Series 40 anomaly fixed and how has D&S sale affected the numbers

It’s been a while since we looked at Statcounter, so here’s Janne checking up on how it’s doing now the S40 glitch is ‘fixed’. Cheers Janne!

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We have been following Nokia’s adventures on StatCounter e.g. in Finland to gather some input into how the “installed base” evolves, through web usage proxy measurement. One baffling topic was the Series 40 situation (http://mynokiablog.com/2013/03/22/mnb-rg-statcounter-baffled-by-finnish-series-40-data-seems-to-adjust/), suddenly raising to great heights in early 2013 in Finland and remaining there. It was suggested that Nokia Xpress Browser proxy usage might be the reason, but initially StatCounter seemed to reject this.

It does seem like, though, that this was the case per their August update and the rise was because of foreign traffic routed through Nokia’s servers – and indeed, as such, was anomalous. So, even though Asha 503 (http://mynokiablog.com/2013/12/05/mnb-rg-dual-shot-nokia-asha-503-unboxing-yellow/) just came on sale here and I’d expect sells reasonably nicely here, it isn’t expected to blow another hole into Finnish mobile web browsing stats. Interestingly StatCounter mentions Lumia Xpress Browser identifies as Asha 311.

In the image the August update, plus StatCounter’s Mobile OS situation in Finland as of now. It is again easier to follow the progress now that the Series 40 anomaly has been removed. Windows Phone has risen compared to before the time Series 40 anomaly, but seems to have flat-lined this autumn. Whether or not that is related to the Nokia D&S news, lack of new Lumia products or just lack of further growth demand is harder to tell. It will be interesting to see how and when Finland’s perception of the soon-formerly-Nokia products evolves over time.

Category: Nokia