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The Tale Of Two Smartphone Companies (AAPL, NOK)

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-apple-nokia-2010-7

On Jan. 9, 2007 — the day Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone at Macworld — Nokia was the biggest cellphone company in the world. It still is today, but a lot has changed since then.

While Nokia still sells more mobile phones than any of its competitors, it has lost most of its mindshare — specifically in smartphones, where the likes of Apple, Google, HTC, and others have taken off. That’s why it’s looking for a new CEO.

What’s more, Apple — despite its tiny unit-shipments market share — has completely sucked the profits out of the mobile industry, completely humiliating the old guard companies like Nokia.

(See more: You Can’t Appreciate How Completely Apple Has Humiliated The Cellphone Industry Until You See These Charts)

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