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Windows 8's lagging phone hampers PC sales, analyst says |
April 14, 2013
The problem with Windows 8 sales isn't Windows 8, it's Windows Phone 8, says a Gartner analyst.
As consumers move from PCs to tablets they are more likely to buy tablets with a familiar touch interface, says Gartner principal analyst Mikako Kitagawa.
So users of Android phones are more likely to choose an Android tablet, Kitagawa says, and users of Windows Phone 8 devices are more likely to choose a Windows 8 tablet. But Windows Phone 8 lags far behind Androids and iPhones, so the coattail effect has less impact on Windows 8 tablet and PC sales than it would if Windows Phone 8 were more popular.
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Link: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/041213-windows8-268690.html#tk.rss_all
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