Windows Phone becomes the third mobile OS - CNETFrance

In one year, the mobile operating system from Microsoft team twice smartphones system. He raid and 3rd place in Blackberry and becomes an alternative to Android and iOS.

Gartner, it is the turn of analyst firm IDC to give us his study of the market for mobile operating systems. According to IDC, it sold 216 million devices in the first quarter of 2013 in the world.

In a year, widening the gap with Android iOS. The operating system of Google is 75% of market share in the first quarter of 2013 with 162.1 million passed against 59.1% over the same period last year end.

The OS Apple is second, sells 37.4 million devices in the first quarter against 35.1 million in Q1 2012, but its market share declines in a year. It reached 17.3% in the first quarter of 2013 against 23% in Q1 2012.

Windows Phone No. 3

With Windows Phone, Microsoft reached the third place in this ranking, ahead of the BlackBerry OS. According to the IDC study, 7 million handsets running Windows Phone in Q1 2013, more than twice last year in the same period (3 million units), thanks to the partnership with Nokia and Lumia range.

its mobile operating system, Microsoft captured 3.2% market share in Q1 2013 against 2% in Q1 2012.

Blackberry back

Between Q1 2012 and Q1 2013, the market share of Blackberry was down 35.1%. Over this period, the volume of smartphones with the Canadian operating system spend 9.7 to 6.3 million units sold. This year, Blackberry could regain market share with its new mobile OS BB10 present its latest smartphones the Z10 and Q10.

Contradiction with Gartner

According to Gartner, in the first quarter of 2013 there would be more smartphones in the BlackBerry OS (6.2 million representing a market share of 3%) on Windows Phone (5.9 million or a market share of 2.9%).

after studies IDC and Gartner released this week, Android and iOS capture more than 90% market share of mobile operating systems. Regarding the third place, the Microsoft mobile OS and the Blackberry are shoulder to shoulder, around 3% in both analyzes of U.S. firms. To be continued …

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