Nokia dominates outrageously but logically the market Windows Phone

This is not a surprise. According to the figures from Adduplex, which provides advertising tools for developers, Nokia dominates outrageously uses Windows Phone.

Specifically, 80.2% of 579 Windows Phone applications where the specialist is present through a advertising APIs are used from a Nokia, mainly the Lumia 920 and 710.

HTC is second with a 13.7 percent share, followed by Samsung (4.5%) and LG (0.9%).

This control is the same for several months now. It is explained by various factors. First, Nokia is focusing all its efforts (development and marketing) on Windows Phone and now offers a fairly complete range of terminals. And the results are at the rendezvous with 5.6 million units sold in the first quarter.

"The success of each will move others"

Above all, quite historical partners of Microsoft, like Samsung, more or less gave to promote their Windows Phone equipped terminals. In fact, only HTC seems to maintain its efforts or even confirm with the upcoming release of a third terminal.

 

This dominance of Nokia is not good news for Redmond which tablait departing on more active partners. But the giant displays its serenity. While Windows Phone has become the third mobile OS in the market, doubling Blackberry, the editor table on renewed interest of its partners.

Regretting the lack of motivation of Samsung including, Laurent Schlosser, patron of the mobility of Microsoft France division, felt at the last Mobile World Congress: "HTC supports the sales since the beginning of the year with the 8 X and 8 S who left as of the cannonballs. Suddenly, the operators accelerate and renew".

And further: "above all, unlike the past, HTC will be omnipresent with its range, there will be no rupture, no effect of the bellows which falls. Meanwhile Huawei announced a (Ascend W1) model to the those that will arrive in France this year. But one thing is certain, the success of each will move others. An assertion that will be easily verifiable.

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