Windows Phone has been garnering market share this past year slowly and steadily. As this year 2013 is coming to a close and a brand new year approaching us fast, I am hoping that the future of Windows Phone will shine brighter in 2014. The year 2013 has been a block buster for Windows Phone. Its in the Third Position beating Blackberry. Now its eyeing for the Second Position by beating the iPhone.
Windows Phone ended 2012 with worldwide market share of 2.8 percent, using figures averages between IDC and Gartner. It had growth rate of over 150% last year and it is maintain the same 150% this year too. Worldwide, Windows Phone commanded 3.6 percent worldwide market share. Still a pittance, you say, and fair enough. By the way Windows Phone has double the market share of Blackberry.
According to Kantar Worldpanel, Windows Phone in Q3 commanded 8.2 percent market share in the five biggest European markets—UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain—exceeding 10 percent in some of them. It took 11.6 percent share in Mexico. Earlier in the year, IDC confirmed a Microsoft report that Windows Phone was outselling iPhone in Argentina, India, Poland, Russia, South Africa and the Ukraine. And mid-year, Microsoft COO Kevin Turner expanded that list: The platform was outselling iPhone in 10 "big" countries. And by Q3 2013, Windows Phone was outselling iPhone in all of Latin America.
This month, the Windows Phone Store surpassed 200,000 apps, up from 130,000 apps in late February. The number one player is Google Play Store, which serves Android: Google hit 1 million apps in July, which I believe was the last official update. In October, Apple announced there were more than 1 million apps in the iOS App Store, which is split between iPhone apps and iPad-specific apps. But at some point we need to have a more relevant conversation around apps. First, sheer size doesn't matter if no one is using most of those apps. And what's important than volume is quality: As long as the "right" apps are available, a market with 100,000 or 200,000 apps isn't just OK, it's spectacular.
The app gap has shrunk significantly this year, a partial list, from just the last six months of the year: 7-Eleven, ABC News, Adobe Reader, Amtrak, Animal Planet, At Bat 13, Best Buy, CBS Sports, Discover Channel, Domino's, Facebook (major update), Hipstamatic Oggl, iHeartRadio, Instagram, LivingSocial, MapQuest, Mint, NASCAR Mobile 13, Redbox, TLC, Viber, Vine, Voxer, Walgreens, Waze, Wells Fargo. Want games? Here's another partial list from the past 6 months: Angry Birds Go!, Angry Birds: Star Wars II, Asphalt 7, Asphalt 8: Airborne, Despicable Me: Minion Rush, Jetpack Joyride, Monsters University, N.O.V.A. 3, Order and Chaos, Star Wars: Tiny Death Star, Temple Run Brave, Temple Run Oz, Turbo, UNO & Friends, Where's My Mickey, Where's My Water 2
And those lists don't even touch on the amazing Windows Phone-specific apps that we also enjoy, from Bing News, Weather and Finance to Fresh Paint to the amazing Nokia HERE apps, and many, many Xbox Live games like Halo: Spartan Assault. Nor does it include the many games Gameloft and Amiga have announced.
Microsoft has also updated the OS three times this past year, providing important features. Recent update called the update 3 adds Driving mode, App Shutdown, Screen Rotation lock, Ringtone improvements and Phone Storage Management.
Nokia on the other has been updating their own apps present in their Lumia devices. These apps have been a differentiator among Windows phone devices as well as the broader market. For Eg. Here Drive is much better than google maps.
Nokia had launched Nokia Pro cam with their flagship device Nokia Lumia 1020 with a whopping 41 MP Camera. They had updated that app and renamed it to Nokia Camera App. They have launched a beta for all their Lumia phones a couple of days back. It's been launched for testing purposes.
To try Nokia Camera beta app from here
To Download Update 3 for Windows Phone follow the Instructions.
Source: winsupersite.com, neowin.netwww.neowin.net, nokia beta labs
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Windows Phone ended 2012 with worldwide market share of 2.8 percent, using figures averages between IDC and Gartner. It had growth rate of over 150% last year and it is maintain the same 150% this year too. Worldwide, Windows Phone commanded 3.6 percent worldwide market share. Still a pittance, you say, and fair enough. By the way Windows Phone has double the market share of Blackberry.
According to Kantar Worldpanel, Windows Phone in Q3 commanded 8.2 percent market share in the five biggest European markets—UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain—exceeding 10 percent in some of them. It took 11.6 percent share in Mexico. Earlier in the year, IDC confirmed a Microsoft report that Windows Phone was outselling iPhone in Argentina, India, Poland, Russia, South Africa and the Ukraine. And mid-year, Microsoft COO Kevin Turner expanded that list: The platform was outselling iPhone in 10 "big" countries. And by Q3 2013, Windows Phone was outselling iPhone in all of Latin America.
This month, the Windows Phone Store surpassed 200,000 apps, up from 130,000 apps in late February. The number one player is Google Play Store, which serves Android: Google hit 1 million apps in July, which I believe was the last official update. In October, Apple announced there were more than 1 million apps in the iOS App Store, which is split between iPhone apps and iPad-specific apps. But at some point we need to have a more relevant conversation around apps. First, sheer size doesn't matter if no one is using most of those apps. And what's important than volume is quality: As long as the "right" apps are available, a market with 100,000 or 200,000 apps isn't just OK, it's spectacular.
The app gap has shrunk significantly this year, a partial list, from just the last six months of the year: 7-Eleven, ABC News, Adobe Reader, Amtrak, Animal Planet, At Bat 13, Best Buy, CBS Sports, Discover Channel, Domino's, Facebook (major update), Hipstamatic Oggl, iHeartRadio, Instagram, LivingSocial, MapQuest, Mint, NASCAR Mobile 13, Redbox, TLC, Viber, Vine, Voxer, Walgreens, Waze, Wells Fargo. Want games? Here's another partial list from the past 6 months: Angry Birds Go!, Angry Birds: Star Wars II, Asphalt 7, Asphalt 8: Airborne, Despicable Me: Minion Rush, Jetpack Joyride, Monsters University, N.O.V.A. 3, Order and Chaos, Star Wars: Tiny Death Star, Temple Run Brave, Temple Run Oz, Turbo, UNO & Friends, Where's My Mickey, Where's My Water 2
And those lists don't even touch on the amazing Windows Phone-specific apps that we also enjoy, from Bing News, Weather and Finance to Fresh Paint to the amazing Nokia HERE apps, and many, many Xbox Live games like Halo: Spartan Assault. Nor does it include the many games Gameloft and Amiga have announced.
Microsoft has also updated the OS three times this past year, providing important features. Recent update called the update 3 adds Driving mode, App Shutdown, Screen Rotation lock, Ringtone improvements and Phone Storage Management.
Nokia on the other has been updating their own apps present in their Lumia devices. These apps have been a differentiator among Windows phone devices as well as the broader market. For Eg. Here Drive is much better than google maps.
Nokia had launched Nokia Pro cam with their flagship device Nokia Lumia 1020 with a whopping 41 MP Camera. They had updated that app and renamed it to Nokia Camera App. They have launched a beta for all their Lumia phones a couple of days back. It's been launched for testing purposes.
To try Nokia Camera beta app from here
To Download Update 3 for Windows Phone follow the Instructions.
Source: winsupersite.com, neowin.netwww.neowin.net, nokia beta labs
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