“Microsoft’s attempt to climb back into the mobile phone race may finally be drawing its final breaths,” Chris O’Brien writes for VentureBeat.
“The latest market share numbers for mobile operating systems point to an absolute bloodbath for Windows Phone,” O’Brien writes. “Nobody was under the illusion that Windows Phones were doing well, but Kantar Worldpanel ComTech figures for the three months ending November 2014 indicate that they are on the cusp of almost total irrelevance.”
“Windows Phone market share fell to 3 percent in the U.S., down from 4.3 percent for the same period a year ago,” O’Brien reports. “In Europe’s five biggest markets (Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain), market share dropped from 9.8 percent to 8.3 percent in November 2014. Only Germany saw an uptick in market share.”
MacDailyNews Take: The Germans must be researching what not to do in electronics and software engineering.
O’Brien reports, “And in China, the Windows Phone has been all but wiped out as market share fell from 2.7 percent to .6 percent.”
Well, I’ll do my little troll bomb here are be gone.
When Microsoft Mobile (Pocket PC etc) ruled, MS didn’t manufacture any hardware. They fooled around and let Apple and Android take over the market. I get it.
However, my 930 bests my wife’s iPhone hands down. Her battery sucks, it is a dead icon corkboard of non-information until you open and app. And even she admistwhile her photos are good, the Nokia buries her hands down, especially on 1080p video.
Gestures are in beta and many think Cortana laread bests Siri even in beta.
Windows Phone is already dead. Likely, Windows 10 forward there will be no more Windows Phones, but rather Windows Mobile or some other name for Windows running on all mobile devices from small tables, phablets and phones.
But just as the PC is not dead, neither is the Microsoft presence in mobile. CES was flooded with many new and innovative WinTel devices, whether using touch or not that challenge even the coveted MacBook Pro. iPad numbers are down, not be cause Apple sold significantly fewer, but because whether Android or Windows, there are suddenly tons of interesting choices beyond the iPad.
So enjoy your childish comments. It is, after all a Mac specific site, so I expect no less. But be careful of your present glee. You all know that in tech the fortunes of companies can turn on a dime. And having had flops before, Apple is not immune to that.
It looks bad but wait till windows 10 comes then see what happens as it unified all devices to work together including Microsoft watch…
Well, I’ll do my little troll bomb here are be gone.
When Microsoft Mobile (Pocket PC etc) ruled, MS didn’t manufacture any hardware. They fooled around and let Apple and Android take over the market. I get it.
However, my 930 bests my wife’s iPhone hands down. Her battery sucks, it is a dead icon corkboard of non-information until you open and app. And even she admistwhile her photos are good, the Nokia buries her hands down, especially on 1080p video.
Gestures are in beta and many think Cortana laread bests Siri even in beta.
Windows Phone is already dead. Likely, Windows 10 forward there will be no more Windows Phones, but rather Windows Mobile or some other name for Windows running on all mobile devices from small tables, phablets and phones.
But just as the PC is not dead, neither is the Microsoft presence in mobile. CES was flooded with many new and innovative WinTel devices, whether using touch or not that challenge even the coveted MacBook Pro. iPad numbers are down, not be cause Apple sold significantly fewer, but because whether Android or Windows, there are suddenly tons of interesting choices beyond the iPad.
So enjoy your childish comments. It is, after all a Mac specific site, so I expect no less. But be careful of your present glee. You all know that in tech the fortunes of companies can turn on a dime. And having had flops before, Apple is not immune to that.