May 16, 2013 by Andreas Udo de Haes
May 16, 2013 by Andreas Udo de Haes
News – Windows Phone beats BlackBerry for third place in the global smartphone market, says IDC meter market. The two mobile platforms remain small: less than 75 percent of all shipped smartphones running Android
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In the first quarter of 2013 there are 7 million Windows Phones shipped worldwide. This is the operating system of Microsoft’s ailing BlackBerry (6.3 million) over. That says market researcher IDC in a new report on the global smartphone market.
Android and iOS divide the cake
However
number three and four pale before the power of the two stoppers. These are Apple, which shipped 37.4 iPhones, Android and especially, of which 162.1 million sets rolled in the past three months from the smartphone factories. That says market researcher IDC in a new report on the global smartphone market.
This Android has a market share of 75 percent, and iOS comes out at 17.3 percent of the market. Windows Phone is now running at 3.2 percent of smartphones and BlackBerry has fallen to less than 3 percent.
Windows Phone on the way
“It’s the first time that Windows Phone is in third place and it legitimizes the strategy partner of Microsoft and Nokia,” said IDC analyst Kevin Restivo. “But given the relatively low volumes, the Windows Phone camp still serious headway carpentry to reinforce status. Alternative to Android and iOS”
smarthones which a Linux distro running, stalled. IDC expects this segment this year it will attract the rollout of devices with Tizen, Ubuntu and Firefox OS again later. These newcomers have yet to prove.
Microsoft tax for Android
The smartphone market as a whole compared to last year, more than 41 percent growth, IDC calculates. Furthermore, Microsoft also benefits substantially from the Android explosion, since most manufacturers under pressure to cede license money. The growth of Android so means more revenue for Windows Phone maker Microsoft.
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