Windows Phone Marketshare grows in almost every country

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Seece said:

Not just slow growth either, it's rivalling iOS in several countries.

It's an undeniable fact that Windows Phone Share has increased; however,

* Most of those increases do not happen due to "Windows" but rather "Nokia". People are simply going for a better alternative than Android if they cannot afford (an unsubsidized) Iphone or simply prefer Nokia.

* Nokia is still FAR from recouping its lost market share, and those gains are small in comparison.

* A good deal of those gains are about collecting the leftovers after the dismal ends of Blackberry and the former Nokia.

* Android, the biggest competition, is still gaining ground, with shares up to 80% globally, also increasing pretty much everywhere.

* There is not much room left to grow other than gaining ground at the cost of Apple & Google, which will get harder and harder.

* Windows Phone is a distant third in the largest and most significant markets. 4.8% in US, virtually non-existing in China and Japan.

* MS wants to be a global player by selling its OS to everyone, but so far, 3/4 of its sales come from Nokia, which MS owns! This defeats the purpose, as its hardly profitable from MS point of view.