IDC says WP will overtake iOS by 2016, Android to falter too

07 June, 2012
IDC is again predicting that Windows Phone 7 is just 5 years away from surpassing iOS.

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  • 07 Jun 2012

did IDC input any of the "new/might/awesome" innovation which ios and android might release on their phone which can alter the out come???? the company sure didnt do any statistic research.

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    • Tizen Takeover
    • Rbq
    • 07 Jun 2012

    I was waiting for gsmarena to post this so I could see the MASSIVE amount of Damage Control that Android Only Fanboys would dish out. LOL

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      • Anonymous
      • IWQ
      • 07 Jun 2012

      Their prediction is as good as the year 2000 was end of the world. It's either right or wrong lol. Ask them what's the reason for their prediction, they probably can't tell you shit :P

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        • AnonD-48014
        • rK9
        • 07 Jun 2012

        In my view. . . . Symbian os has best multi tasking. . Know d fact. . . Jst 4 exp; galaxy y has 290 mb of ram and 832 mhz cpu. . . . We all fools think dat samsung s very great to give such device in very low price. . . . But fact s droid cannot sum less dan dat requirements. . . . . We cant even imagine a droid running 434 mhz cpu and 128ram as in 5230

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          • sesha
          • 7wB
          • 07 Jun 2012

          that prediction is seriously a joke android may be efficient put it shouldn't be resource hungry you can't keep on adding cores and memory bcoz at the end it's a phone anyway nowadays even desktops and laptops are overtaken by smartphone..... the next generation would surely depend mainly upon smartphone os and wp 7 wouldn't be 2016 as given it would someother from Microsoft for mobiles and new os like tizen boot to gecko and growing chrome os may bring more

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            • FRuitcake
            • LhR
            • 07 Jun 2012

            What at Load of Rubbish as Windows is to Limited for people,an needs loads of Improvements before it as Any Chance of Succeding,Mr Elop an Microsoft must have offered this person some Money an a Free Windows phone to make him make this comment,because Mr Elop as made one of Best well like company Struggle since is Stepped in an as no idea what people want on Smartphones

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              • AnonD-48014
              • rK9
              • 07 Jun 2012

              The fact y android has become so popular s dat every maker adopted it. . . . Unlike other oses. . Droids are very cheap to manufacture and doesnt need much cost. . . . While wp or symbian are costlier. . As all makers other dan apple, bb, nokia hav adopted it, developers made more apps and games 4 dat. . . And it stood behind ios

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                • Smdnoob
                • Lyd
                • 07 Jun 2012

                Guys that dont know, the cofounder of apple use wp and loves it, and its a lumia. WP is a great os, plus with nokia on its side its gonna be a BOOM, and wait for wp8 with multicore cpus and we will see if ios can beat it

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                  • AnonD-48014
                  • rK9
                  • 07 Jun 2012

                  Pls tell me wats there in android shit dat u all guys are yelling out here abt dat shitty and buggy os. . . Pls explain. . . I'm waiting 4 ur replies. . . . Be quick

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                    • AnonD-14398
                    • pJY
                    • 07 Jun 2012

                    lmfao

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                      • AnonD-48014
                      • rK9
                      • 07 Jun 2012

                      We cannot say dat wp s incapable of beating android or ios in future. . . Coz nobody knows future. . May b wp can become as capable as ios and android. . . Who knows. . . Wp8 supports multi cores, as given by sources and many other new features. . . .

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                        • John
                        • gCq
                        • 07 Jun 2012

                        This is a joke or a an advertise for WP... WP sucks and will sucks forever in this form. For the guys from IDC and the guys from nokia don't forget this "If you have squares on your phone you are not cool" Android is the best, iOS is stable, WP not exist yet, so guys from WP please remember to set one wallpaper :)

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                          • AnonD-48014
                          • rK9
                          • 07 Jun 2012

                          Nokia took right step by choosing wp over the shitty droid. . .

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                            • coffmad
                            • 32W
                            • 07 Jun 2012

                            android will go into decline, and blackberry only drop by 0.1%... PAHAHA good one guys XD

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                              • Scoop
                              • P$u
                              • 07 Jun 2012

                              IDC.......who? really?......I think they may be better off printing comic books than churning out these hilarious predictions!!

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                                • AnonD-57211
                                • v0q
                                • 07 Jun 2012

                                This is just plain stupid. I'm not saying WP sucks but it will overtake iOS & Android? Nah! Never gonna happen.

                                WP may be a cool OS but it won't overtake the two leading OS out there. IDC made some wrong predictions last year and this is no exception. Keep dreaming.

                                  have you guys try to play with Windows Phone? the UI transition is smeexxxyy. but right now i use an Android-- Galaxy Note that it. maybe someday.

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                                    • AnonD-15042
                                    • vGk
                                    • 07 Jun 2012

                                    Biggest Joke of the year :):).... Windows overtaking android?...How they can post an article like this which will never happen... HA HA HA.....

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                                      • AnonD-10196
                                      • 0UH
                                      • 07 Jun 2012

                                      Some people are extremely BLIND and ignorant. Windows phone will NOT overtake android. Android is estimated to have 52% share while windows phone 19.2% AND iOS 19%. Learn to read the article. Windows will be over iOS but will have less than 50% of Android's market share. How can people be so blind?

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                                        • JG01
                                        • xyj
                                        • 07 Jun 2012

                                        Who did Microsoft pay to make that prediction !! What are they smoking....a fully customizable system , vs tiles, locked system, no external storage, have synch via zume, etc...hhhmmmmm !!! They would have to make some major changes for their prediction to come true.