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> killing Windows Phone, when it was around 10% According to the verge they killed it when it was 2.5% [1]. IDC also lists 2.5% by the second quarter of 2014 a
by thih9 3y ago
> killing Windows Phone, when it was around 10%
According to the verge they killed it when it was 2.5% [1]. IDC also lists 2.5% by the second quarter of 2014 and a peak of 3.4% in 2013 [2].
[1]: https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/10/16452162/windows-phone-history-glorious-failure https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/10/16452162/windows-phone-h...
[2]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Phone https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Phone
- pjmlp 3y agoMy numbers say otherwise, as I was focused on European market when I wrote my comment. https://www.ft.com/content/80972f3a-29c0-11e3-bbb8-00144feab7de https://www.ft.com/content/80972f3a-29c0-11e3-bbb8-00144feab... https://thenextweb.com/news/report-windows-phone-overtakes-ios-in-italy-and-makes-progress-in-europe https://thenextweb.com/news/report-windows-phone-overtakes-i... https://thenextweb.com/news/windows-phone-climbs-to-nearly-10-of-smartphone-sales-across-great-britain-germany-france-italy-and-spain https://thenextweb.com/news/windows-phone-climbs-to-nearly-1...
- thih9 3y agoI’m not seeing numbers that show otherwise. Unless you meant that the 10% was for europe only?
- pjmlp 3y ago> According to data from a Kantar Worldpanel ComTech report for the last three months up to August this year, Windows Phone-based devices accounted for 9.2 percent of smartphone sales in Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. You can play pedantic and assert 9.2 isn't the same as rounding it off to 10, anyway.
- thih9 3y agoDid you just say that 10% is a rounding error? ;)