Nokia Corporation announced that it has sold 7,4 million units of Lumia smartphones until the second quarter ending June 2013.
With that number means an increase of 32 percent from the previous quarter and reflects the strong consumer demand for the Lumia models, the Nokia in the second quarter 2013 financial report published on Thursday (18/7).
However, Lumia sales increase sales growth was not followed by other models of Nokia mobile phones.
Overall, sales of Nokia mobile phones in the second quarter reached 53.7 million units, down 8 percent from the previous quarter.
Value and volume of sales and service Nokia mobile device during the second quarter of 2013 was reported down in all areas ranging Europe, Middle East and Africa, China, Asia Pacific, North America, to Latin America.
Decrease in the volume of sales in the Chinese market reached 48 percent, and Asia Pacific and Latin America 29 percent.
Regarding the financial performance of the first half of 2013, the Nokia Group has posted net sales of 11.5 billion euros, down 22 percent compared to the same period last year.
Due to loss of the first half of 2013, the net loss per share to be borne by Nokia 0.13 euros, better than the same period of 2012 which reached 0.63 euro.