Samsung is Selling More Phones but Making Less Money - http://clapway.com/2015/11/03/samsung-selling-phones-making-less-money/

According to details, Samsung has found a way to sell more phones, but in doing so is making less money than in previous years. This seems to be a contradictory statement. However, why is it in fact that Samsung could sell more of their phones, but end up losing money in the long run?

WHY IS SAMSUNG NOT MAKING MORE MONEY?

Some of you who are reading this article and asking this question to yourself have probably already realized why Samsung is making less money. It’s because in order for Samsung to sell more phones they had to drop the price of their smartphones. According to the numbers provided by data firm Counterpoint Technology Market Research, Samsung has been selling cheaper smartphones and less high-end premium devices than they did in previous years. Counterpoint went on to state, “Samsung shipped 84 million smartphones in the third quarter of 2015 which was more than Apple and Huawei Technologies combined during that same stretch.” That is a very shocking statistic when it is realized that Apple and Huawei are as popular as Samsung. Counterpoint continued by saying that Samsung’s smartphones priced at $300 were making them only 40 percent of their total sales and that now Samsung is shipping around 40 percent of their smartphones at $200. Samsung is sure making their customers happy with less expensive smartphones and they are sure making a lot more, but is it a smart business strategy?

IS THIS SMART?

This question is very difficult to answer and probably requires multiple perspectives. On one hand Samsung is shipping out and selling a lot of their phones and maintaining their already amazing popularity. However, on the other hand giving the numbers by Counterpoint Samsung is losing around $100 per phone that they are selling. As stated previously, customers will probably not complain as they get to buy a Samsung smartphone at a cheaper price. However, the contrary to that is because Samsung cut the price of their smartphones they could potentially make their smartphones with cheaper material and overall less capabilities. This is a question that can be answered several different ways, but one thing that is for certain is that Samsung will remain an elite phone making company that will find a way to stay successful. However, it is indeed interesting to think about where Samsung will be after this.

Samsung is Selling More Phones but Making Less Money

#Data plans on #AT&T are undergoing adjustments - http://clapway.com/2015/08/16/att-next-in-line-to-adjust-its-data-plans-224/

AT&T has decided to join the club and change up the way it handles its data plans in an effort to keep up with the now rapidly changing wireless industry.

Introducing New Data Plans

On Friday AT&T announced a new set of Mobile Share Value plans which went into effect on Aug. 15. A lot of the changes are mostly positive. The company is giving more data for the same amount customers were paying before, and it’s adding free calling and texting to our neighbors on our borders (Canada and Mexico), but only for customers who are on higher tiered plans.

Details on the New Plans

AT&T’s new data plans aren’t quite as big a change as some of the other carrier’s. The best deal seems to be the $100 package: originally this offered 10GB of data, but now AT&T is offering 15GB of data for the same price. The $70 (6GB)plan has been nixed and a new $50(5GB) tier has replaced it. The last two changes are for power users or business owners. The 20GB data plan received a $10 price cut, so it now only costs $140, and a new 25GB tier has been introduced that will run $170. Here is a full rundown of all their plans:

$20 – 300MB

$30 – 2GB

$50 – 5GB

$100 – 15GB

$140 – 20GB

$170 – 25GB

For T-Mobile users, these prices might still seem a bit much, but AT&T has slightly undercut Verizon on just about every tier level they now offer.

Why AT&T is Changing Their Data Plans

Now these changes don’t really come as any surprise since it seems like every other mobile carrier has recently made major changes to their data plans, but there may be more here than meets the eye.

Previously AT&T offered 1GB and 3GB plans, so its 2GB plan is new. According to a report by analytics firm Mobidia, most users only use about 1.8GB of data. Now, that’s on average, so there are certainly times when a user may go over that amount, and for $20 more, AT&T is allowing users to purchase 150% more data, which seems like a great deal for the consumer, even if they never hit that amount. They’re purchasing a safety net, but AT&T is making that extra $20 off potentially millions of customers.

What AT&T has done is simply instilled a safety net feature into all of its plans that tries to convince users to upgrade to the next highest tier because it’s only that much more. Family plans also have a tendency to be difficult to move away from because they can be complicated since there are so many moving parts.

Either way you cut it, AT&T’s new plans are a good change for consumers.

Take a read of or watch Clapway’s week in review:

AT&T Next in Line to Adjust Its Data Plans

Verizon Kills off Contracts and Subsidies - http://clapway.com/2015/08/08/verizon-kills-off-contracts-and-subsidies-101/

Verizon has announced that it will officially be the second carrier to stop wrangling their customers into two-year contracts every time they purchase a new phone. Verizon subscribers will be able to choose from a new selection of cheaper plans (sans the subsidy fee), but that means customers will have to purchase the phone outright — by either paying for it in-full or through monthly payment installations.

Verizon Kills Subsidies

T-Mobile was the first wireless carrier in the US to cut ties with subsidizing phones for its customers, but in doing so they set forth a ripple effect that has convinced the other carriers to follow suit.

For customers, this means that they’ll now have to purchase phones outright, which incentivizes manufacturers to offer phones at more competitive prices and, hopefully, entices them to put smartphones on sale more often.

According to Verizon, the subsidy fee they charged in a two-year contract was about $19 a month. Multiplying that number by the number of months in two years means customers were paying around $456 a year. An iPhone 6 is currently $649 through Verizon, so if you tack on the $200 a user would typically pay for a subsidized iPhone 6 then it’s easy to see that users won’t really pay any more or less without a contract. Suddenly that subsidy doesn’t really seem like much of a subsidy.

Verizon to Offer a New Range of Plans

Starting on August 13, Verizon is also going to be offering a new set of plans that range from four main options: small, medium, large, and extra large. Verizon will be eliminating the subsidy fee, which will discount voice, text, and data plans by about $20 a month. The amount will depend based on each plan, however.

The different “sizes” refer to the amount of data each plan offers. A small plan only offers 1GB of data, while an extra large plan offers up to 12GB. Here is a quick price breakdown for single lines:

Small – $30/month 1GB of data

Medium – $45/month 3GB of data

Large – $60/month 6GB of data

Extra Large – $80/month 12GB of data

Grandfathering is Alive and Well

Current customers who don’t want to switch plans will still be able to keep the same plans they have now. Verizon mentioned that there would be some restrictions that may apply (perhaps with regard to the few still holding onto their unlimited data plans), but Verizon didn’t give any precise details about what the stipulations might be.

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Verizon Kills off Contracts and Subsidies

Nokia to Make Phones Again Soon - http://clapway.com/2015/06/19/nokia-to-make-phones-soon-again876/

Nokia is back with a bang with its handsets in the global arena

If you thought Nokia‘s only place was in the history books, you were wrong. The company plans to hit the market soon with much vigor and innovation. Nokia, which used to be world’s largest smartphone maker, is planning to design and license its handsets in the market again. It is looking forward to the consent of its partner Microsoft and to getting started afresh in 2016. In recent times, Nokia has been fighting a major battle to keep its business going. The smartphone giant was taken over by Microsoft in 2014.

As per senior experts at Nokia, the company is looking for trusted partners and claims that they will be the ones to design the smartphones and make the Microsoft brand available for license.

Even after market failure, Nokia launched N 1 Android tablet to make its presence felt in the

It was 2014, Microsoft bought the phone business, as the company was failing to keep up its sales after Apple and Android brought about a major storm in the market. For a certain period, Nokia later partnered with a Taiwanese contract manufacturer, Foxconn, to come up with a new brand-licensed tablet. This was an initiative for Nokia to keep up with the tablet and smartphone revolution taking place on a global level.

Nokia is looking to come up with innovations beyond mobile phones

Nokia is searching for partners who can leverage their business and improve it. As per experts, it was expected that Microsoft would write off the entire handset unit it had bought. The financial loss left the company in a ‘money loss’ process, and it could have only 3 percent of the entire smartphone market. As a result, the then-leading Nokia chief executive wanted to to leave the company, because Microsoft was planning to go back to core software services.

Nokia is planning new ventures as it recently announced that it shall take over Alcatel-Lucent (worth $17.8 billion) in order to boost its network equipment. In addition, Nokia is planning to hive off its mapping business, which is already drawing attention from giants like Mercedes, BMW, Audi, and varied Silicon Valley and Chinese web and technology services. Let’s wait and watch the re-evolution of Nokia.

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Nokia to Make Phones Again Soon