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As Apple fans are often quick to point out when someone mentions Android's share, market share is not the only (or best) measure of a platform.

• chris_wot 13y ago
  Except the argument was that the general public aren't fans of Windows phones, to which 20% market share of a few regions was used as a counter argument. I would tend to think that market share is one indicator of a phone platform's popularity, and while 20% is not bad, it's not an amazing figure either.
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  • mkr-hn 13y ago
    I looked around for a chart of the iPhone's market share by year, but couldn't find one. I remember the iPhone having trouble in its first year or two, and most of WP8's credibility comes from the ~2 year old Lumia line.
    • chris_wot 13y ago
      True. In 2010 the iPhone only had about 4% market share. My only point is that I'm talking about popularity of existing devices. It may well be that Microsoft will turn it around!
      • ZeroGravitas 13y ago
        The other way to look at it is that iPhone had ~100% share of the "modern smartphone" market (choose your own name for it, but Blackberries and Symbian don't count).