WP Outselling iPhone in 24 Countries, 2nd Most Popular OS in 14 Countries.

We’ve heard multiple different stories about how Windows Phone (and Nokia of course) were gaining traction world-wide, most of these included outselling the iPhone, while Android remained dominant. Now Microsoft have shared some official numbers, which state that Windows Phone has been outselling the iPhone in 24 countries, and has even achieved #2 position in 14 countries. On the US front, with the help of the Lumia 521 and 520 Windows Phone’s market-share has seen a slight increase of 2.1% sales in the last three months of 2013 (making up 5% of the total sales in end of 2013).

Microsoft exces further claimed that Windows Phone’s performance “was making it the fastest selling smartphone platform globally”. 

Read more at TechRadar and Kantar

Jay:

WP is pretty much Nokia Lumia so it may be possible to accurately estimate Nokia’s sales for Q4.  Although this is merely anecdotal, I’m seeing a lot more high end Lumias here in the UK than I have before. Also quite a few 520s too.

All is relative. Selling more than you have before is easy if your numbers are relatively not that high to begin with (exaggerated more so by percentage displays). Whilst selling more  iPhone in 24 countries sounds good, it doesn’t mean it’s number 2 OS in 24 countries because who says iPhone was second to displace? Even so, without actual numbers it doesn’t mean much.

But, growth is growth and it’s remarkable considering the frozen pace at which Microsoft’s team of mitten chained WP8 people attempt to ‘improve’ the platform. It’s good news regardless as it shows that some people do prefer to get a WP over the glamorous iPhone.

WP sells more units than iPhone in the following countries:

• Chile
• Colombia
• Czech Republic
• Egypt
• Ecuador
• Finland
• Greece
• Hungary
• India
• Italy
• Kenya
• Kuwait
• Malaysia
• Mexico
• Nigeria
• Pakistan
• Peru
• Poland
• Saudi Arabia
• South Africa
• Thailand
• Ukraine
• United Arab Emirates
• Vietnam

WP is also number 2 behind Android in these countries:

• India
• Mexico
• Italy
• Chile
• Thailand
• Vietnam
• Malaysia
• Poland
• South Africa
• Ukraine
• Hungary
• Finland
• Czech Republic
• Greece

Source: NeoWin

Via: WMPU Via: GSMArena

Category: Lumia, Nokia, Windows Phone