But as it has gained confidence in making smartphones under its own brand, it has steadily risen up mobile operators' lists of the handsets they promote to subscribers.
Two years of gross mismanagement of the euro-zone debt crisis have all too predictably produced a wider crisis of market confidence that now threatens the entire 17-nation euro zone.
The market was positioned for a weak number, so this flicker of hope that the UK isn't about to fall back into recession helped boost sentiment to sterling.
Mourinho's side will not get highly praised for style, but their players have confidence in their technical nous, and it was their economical but unspectacular play that earned them this triumph.
SR: Both consumer and business sentiment and confidence rebounded dramatically after Chinese New Year based on our interviews in different sectors throughout the country.
He blamed Ron and Hermione: Their determined indifference was as bad as the relentless rain for dampening his spirits, but neither could erode his certainty, which remained absolute.