
The market share of WP in the US is hovering close to 5%, but the large-scale adoption of Windows phone has been slow due to the lack of attention from the various telecom carriers. All the other firms, including Samsung Electronics Co Ltd ( KRX:005930), Huawei Technology Co Ltd ( SHE:002502) and HTC Corp ( TPE:2498) have lost a bit of market share since August 2014.Īdvertisements Windows Phone OS In The United States
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The older Lumia 520 continues to be the most popular device with a market share of 30.6%.ĭespite offering the Windows Phone 8.1 OS free of licensing fee to all OEM’s, only smaller firms such as Prestigo and Micromax have shown real interest. The new Nokia Lumia 630 has proven widely popular in several markets worldwide and has moved to the fourth place with a market share of 5.4%. New devices powered by WP 8.1 released over the last few months has cemented Nokia’s position further, and several more Lumia models such as the Lumia 730, Lumia 735, Lumia 830 are all set to be released over the next few months. Nokia still controls the monopoly of Windows phone devices with a massive market share of 95.14% worldwide. Nokia’s Popularity is Still Growing Strongly According to AdDuplex statistics for Windows Phone for September 2014, the latest Windows Phone 8.1 OS is now present in 40% of WP devices and is expected to overtake the market share of Windows Phone 8 OS by the end of October 2014. This is especially crucial to Microsoft’s hopes of gaining a stronger foothold in the smartphone market. The new OS is expected to be a single unified OS available for all Windows powered devices, including Windows Phones, tablets and Desktop PCs.
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Microsoft Corporation ( NASDAQ :MSFT) has announced the next version of the Windows OS will be named Windows 10 and will be available to consumers from April 2015.
