The Nokia 5800 has proven a popular handset with great sales figures, but you may not have realized just how great those figures actually are. Nokia’s first touchscreen handset made up around 20% of all touch screen handsets sold in Q1 2009. The figures come from Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo himself, Nokia’s CEO.For their first attempt at a touchscreen smartphone this unbelievably successful by anyone’s standards. Early problems with the handset don’t appear to have dampened customers’ enthusiasm for it and that will have been helped by sensible pricing, which put the 5800 within the reach of many customers especially PAYG customers who may have been looking at more expensive touchscreen handsets like the iPhone or Pixon, but were unable to afford them. With the N97 due to be released within the next few months these figures can only bolster Nokia’s confidence that their touchscreen strategy is on a sound footing.
