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January 8th, 2014, 23:47
Windows boasts record sales and increased European market share.
Although lacking specific numbers, Microsoft has grabbed the CES2014 megaphone to shout about its record sales, reports Neowin.
Signs that things were looking up for the company were spattered around the media with reports of Windows Phone shipments growing 156 per cent (http://www.mobile-ent.biz/devices/iphone/android-drives-record-smartphone-shipments-winpho-grows-156-per-cent/042275) in November, and the prediction that devs for the platform were set to double to 32 per cent this year (http://www.mobile-ent.biz/development/winpho/app-developers-for-windows-phone-set-to-double-to-32-per-cent/042358).
Sales shot up even more over the festive period, taking the number two OS in some countries, and outselling the iPhone is 24 other markets.
A Microsoft spokesperson, commented: “In the third quarter this year, according to IDC, Windows Phone reinforced its position as a top three smartphone operating system and was the fastest-growing platform among the leading operating systems with 156 per cent year-over-year gain.”
Some of the countries that Windows took the number two spot are Mexico, Italy, Poland, South Africa, Finland, and Czech Republic. Plus a few of the 24 markets where the Windows Phone out-shipped the iPhone were Egypt, India, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
The spokesperson continued: “Windows Phone is the number two smartphone operating system in 14 markets, and shipped more than iPhone in 24 markets in Q3. Our portfolio continues to expand: form award-winning flagship devices like the Nokia Lumia 928/1020/1520, to affordable new innovations like the Lumia 520/625/1320 and Huawei W1/W2.”
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/industry/ces-2014-windows-phone-outsells-the-iphone/042649
Although lacking specific numbers, Microsoft has grabbed the CES2014 megaphone to shout about its record sales, reports Neowin.
Signs that things were looking up for the company were spattered around the media with reports of Windows Phone shipments growing 156 per cent (http://www.mobile-ent.biz/devices/iphone/android-drives-record-smartphone-shipments-winpho-grows-156-per-cent/042275) in November, and the prediction that devs for the platform were set to double to 32 per cent this year (http://www.mobile-ent.biz/development/winpho/app-developers-for-windows-phone-set-to-double-to-32-per-cent/042358).
Sales shot up even more over the festive period, taking the number two OS in some countries, and outselling the iPhone is 24 other markets.
A Microsoft spokesperson, commented: “In the third quarter this year, according to IDC, Windows Phone reinforced its position as a top three smartphone operating system and was the fastest-growing platform among the leading operating systems with 156 per cent year-over-year gain.”
Some of the countries that Windows took the number two spot are Mexico, Italy, Poland, South Africa, Finland, and Czech Republic. Plus a few of the 24 markets where the Windows Phone out-shipped the iPhone were Egypt, India, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
The spokesperson continued: “Windows Phone is the number two smartphone operating system in 14 markets, and shipped more than iPhone in 24 markets in Q3. Our portfolio continues to expand: form award-winning flagship devices like the Nokia Lumia 928/1020/1520, to affordable new innovations like the Lumia 520/625/1320 and Huawei W1/W2.”
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/industry/ces-2014-windows-phone-outsells-the-iphone/042649