Nokia to ship 77m smartphones in 2012?

Research company Morgan Stanley claims the Finnish firm is on course to see widespread adoption of it's newly embraced Microsoft OS which was launched in Q4 2011.
The Lumia 800 is Nokia's pioneer Windows Phone and it's estimated to have shipped one million units during the fourth quarter. This passes earlier analyst predictions, which expected movements of just 500,000 devices.
The report says Nokia will ship 37 million Windows Phones and 40 million Symbian smartphones, which provides a sharp decline from the 76 million units the latter OS had shipped in 2011.
Further results estimate that the tide will turn even more in 2013 as 64 million WinPho devices are poised for shipment, reducing Symbian smartphones to just 16 million units.
Nokia may be pleased to hear praise for its shipment volumes despite being plagued with rumours. The most recent involved the firm selling it's smartphone arm to Microsoft, though it's unlikely given the potential profits to be generated from sales in the near future.

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