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IDC predicts modest rise in Windows Phones by 2018 |
May 29, 2014
By 2018, according to a report by IDC, the smartphone market will look much like it does now—but with Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform slowly closing in on Apple’s iPhone.A report released by International Data Corp. late Wednesday predicts that by 2018, as now, phones powered by Google’s Android operating system will continue to control over two-thirds of the smartphone market, or 77.6 percent. Apple’s iPhone will be a second-tier player, with just 13.7 percent of all phones sold..But for both of those platforms, IDC predicts that iOS and Android market share will decline, as Windows Phone begins nibbling away at the other two. IDC said that by 2018, Microsoft’s Windows Phone will hold a 6.4 percent market share, versus a predicted 3.5 percent in 2014. In 2014, IDC estimates that Android and iOS will command 80.2 percent and 14.8 percent market share, respectively.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
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