Windows on phone literally nonexistent in the market

1.1 million phones will be sold for the whole 2017

IDC published its regular report about the smartphone sales, showing that Windows on phone has almost vanished from the market. The market intelligence company reasonably predicts that the Windows phone … Read More

Microsoft reports decline in Surface and phone revenue

Microsoft’s Q3 FY2017 shows mixed results

The company has published its financial results for the first quarter of the year, covering Q3 2017. For the quarter ending March 31, Microsoft had a net income of $5.7 billion non-GAAP and … Read More

Windows tablet market grows 19%, while global sales fall 9%

Positive news for the Windows tablets in Q4 2016

The last quarter of 2016 was successful for the Windows tablets. While the overall tablet shipments fell 9 percent in Q4 2016, the Windows tablets continued its uptrend, increasing from 8.5 … Read More

Smartphone sales for November 2016 shows a further decline of Windows Phones

iOS grew in popularity in the key markets

Kantar released a new report for the smartphone sales in some key markets around the globe. The latest report, for the 3 months ending November 2016, shows that Android grew in … Read More

Smartphone OS market shares for the three months ending July 2016

Windows Phone’s market share continues to decline

Market analysis company Kantar has released its new monthly report for some of the key smartphone markets in the world. The latest report, which covers markets live the EU5, US and China, shows … Read More

Windows Phone market share continues its decline

Windows phone sales down to 4.5% in EU5, 1.6% in the US

In almost all of the markets monitored by Kantar Worldpanel, Windows Phone is losing share to competitors. The new report reveals the smartphone OS sales for June 2016. … Read More

Microsoft’s earnings report shows strong overall performance despite low phone sales

The Q2 2016 earnings beat the expectations

Microsoft’s latest earnings report has been published, covering the quarter ending June 30 and reflecting the final quarter for the fiscal year 2016. According to the report, Microsoft has a net income of … Read More

Lumia sales down to 2.3 million units

The Lumia brand is dead, long live Surface

Microsoft has released its earnings report about the third fiscal quarter of 2016. Revenue ($20.5 billion) and profit ($3.8 billion) are both down compared with the same period last year.

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Microsoft sold only 4.5 million Lumias in Q4 2015

A 49% drop in phone revenue compared with 2014

Windows Phones are not selling well. After months without new models, Microsoft finally announced three phones in late 2015, but whether because of poor reception, rushed operating system, or merely … Read More

Windows Phone gains market share in China and Europe

Smartphone OS sales share for Q3 2015

Kantar has released its periodical report about the major smartphone markets for Q3 2015. The numbers are quite positive for Microsoft given the limited number of Windows devices available in 2015.

We … Read More

Windows Phone reaches an 11.1% share in Europe, keeps growing in most markets

Positive trends for the platform ahead of Windows 10 Mobile launch

Katnar’s latest figures for the smartphone market are out and they are pretty positive for Windows Phone for this time of the year.

Despite there are no new flagships … Read More

Windows Phone sales share reaches 10% in Europe ahead of Windows 10 Mobile launch

Kantar released its smartphone sales report for the three months ending June 2015

The new Kantar report shows that the Windows Phone sales share has reached 10% in the five leading European markets (EU5), compared with 9% a year ago.

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