Handset fortunes of global phone maker Nokia have been tested severely in the smartphone era, and the third quarter in 2012 meant another drop; a report by information technology research firm Gartner put Nokia’s global sales of mobiles at 82.3 million in Q3, down 21.9 percent year-on-year, but still better than expected. In a new push to promote its latest high-end handset, the Lumia, Nokia has chosen the Middle East as one of the markets where it wants to fight its way back into the hearts of smartphone lovers. Executive sat down with Tom Farrell, vice-president of Nokia Corporation Middle East, to find out how. According to IDC Mobile Phone Tracker, Nokia has dropped out of the top five mobile phone manufacturers in the third quarter. Gartner said Nokia dropped to seventh place among global smartphone producers quarter-on-quarter and your overall market share for mobiles slumped to 19.2
