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Android holds more than 70% of the European market of smartphones

Android reigns over Europe. Kantar Worldpanel ComTech has published the figures for sales of smartphones for the period from March to may 2013. On the five main European countries (England, Germany, Spain, France and Italy), the Google OS represents 70.4% of sales in the period with an increase of 9.1% in one year. iOS is a distant second with 17.8% 1.4%.

Windows Phone is with Android mobile OS only to have seen its market share grow positively, from 4.3% to 4.2%. BlackBerry falls strongly by 7% to 2.5% of Symbian (from 5.4% to 1.2%).

65.2% of market share in France

If we take only the figures for the France, Android is 65.2% (+ 8.5%), ahead of iOS (17.9%), Windows Phone (7.4%), BlackBerry (2.9%) and Symbian (1.4%).

The study by Kantar Worldpanel ComTech also stresses the fact that nearly 50% of the smartphones sold in Europe during this period are of Samsung brand. But analysts point to a resurgence of Sony who became the 4th seller of smartphones in England. Across the channel, 38% of the buyers of a Xperia model are old Samsung users and Kantar believes that the Korean brand will have to be vigilant against competition who knows how to offer products combining quality of finish and use approval. (Eureka press)

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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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