Kantar: WP, Android grow but lose some momentum

27 January, 2014
The Windows Phone market growth continued through December, iOS user base declines.

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  • Protocol
  • t1$
  • 28 Jan 2014

The way NSA is extracting data from mobile applications, mostly from Android based devices, the day isn't far when people will realize it and adopt a new OS.

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    • Jarret
    • 25G
    • 28 Jan 2014

    Android wins... Good job.

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      • AnonD-87800
      • kWV
      • 28 Jan 2014

      Finally, Apple is harvesting the bitter fruits they have sown, the product of aggressive litigations left and right.

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        • AnonD-14590
        • utb
        • 28 Jan 2014

        India is the 3rd largest smartphone market still they ignore us!!

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          • Anonymous
          • PxA
          • 28 Jan 2014

          Kenjori, 27 Jan 2014If you dont want lag and freezing, dont buy android phone. Hater going to hate. Well, that's true if you buy crappy ones. A good midrange one will do you well

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            • Anonymous
            • PxA
            • 28 Jan 2014

            Anonymous, 27 Jan 2014Android OS is giving away for free so everyone is making de... moreThat's when you buy cheap phones. Reliable brands are good. You just need to know what you're buying. For apps, iOS has an equal amount of crashes

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              • Fantomas
              • mEJ
              • 28 Jan 2014

              When Elop kill Symbian and great MeeGo they can take a litle market share...kill Nokia - to make WP, its very high price.

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                • Anonymous
                • IiE
                • 28 Jan 2014

                AnonD-226711, 27 Jan 2014Actually Android top the phone game, even at ONLY high-end ... moreAndroid "top high end phones"?

                Not in the "top high end" countries, where the "top high end" consumers are....

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                  • Heridi
                  • rKc
                  • 28 Jan 2014

                  One biggest drawback to buy Wd smartphone is:-
                  User could not transfer Video, music or App directly to SD Card without DeskTop/LapTop connection.

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                    • AnonD-226711
                    • 3$w
                    • 27 Jan 2014

                    Anonymous, 27 Jan 2014Andriod will away top the phone game. when every crap you p... moreActually Android top the phone game, even at ONLY high-end phones.

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                      • Yep
                      • nwR
                      • 27 Jan 2014

                      Nokia is coming, slowly but firmly.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • kg3
                        • 27 Jan 2014

                        Anonymous, 27 Jan 2014Andriod will away top the phone game. when every crap you p... moreAndroid OS is giving away for free so everyone is making devices for it. Microsoft put restrictions on hardware to make the OS stable and smooth as butter. Same with Apple, they only use certain chipsets. Android is made to use varieties of chipsets and GPUs to flood the market but stability is very bad with force closes, hangs, and freezes.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • IiE
                          • 27 Jan 2014

                          bob, 27 Jan 2014Let's see how WP will do when the device business of Nokia ... moreWhy do you "luv" Nokia but don't give a "f***" about MS?

                          Because of the plastic shells, or because of of the laggy shutter speeds?

                          I don't mind Nokia's designs, but while they are mostly good, I don't get the "luv" bit? After all, the user experience, or the UI, is a very large part of what makes a phone.

                          Also, the amazing part is that in most advanced markets, iOS is doing amazingly well, when you take into account that it is basically sold as a handful of hardware models, compared to the countless (mostly cheap) Androids out there.

                          Windows is also doing respectably, given the limited hardware support.

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                            • AnonD-3928
                            • bEL
                            • 27 Jan 2014

                            AnonD-1825, 27 Jan 2014Looks more like rip WP, windows phone growth has already st... moreU know how apple sales happens....majority of new phones are just previous user upgrades so thats not actually growth thats just sales which is beneficial only for apple don't know why are u so happy about it...are they going to give u some share of their profits...
                            Fyi they just decided to release their 3 year old ip4 in india coz they couldnt sell their overprized phones in india...

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                              • Anonymous
                              • 3I{
                              • 27 Jan 2014

                              There're good deals to be had on Nokia if you can live with the limited selection of apps. MS is almost giving them away in order not to fade away into obscurity.

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                                • AnonD-134497
                                • sSP
                                • 27 Jan 2014

                                AnonD-1825, 27 Jan 2014Looks more like rip WP, windows phone growth has already st... moreHave you read the article correctly?

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                                  • AnonD-134497
                                  • sSP
                                  • 27 Jan 2014

                                  This is both good and bad news for Windows Phone users. I have a question though. What is the full form of GB and EU5?

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                                    • bob
                                    • Jx7
                                    • 27 Jan 2014

                                    Let's see how WP will do when the device business of Nokia moves to MS and the phones won't have the Nokia brand printed on them. For me... I luv Nokia and I don't give a f*ck about MS

                                      AnonD-77892, 27 Jan 2014el, ow, elHe he he....ouch...does it hurt! I mean the article?!

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                                        • Joe
                                        • 0U1
                                        • 27 Jan 2014

                                        EU is bigger than just that number of countries, in EU there are at the moment 28 countries... the numbers are incorrect