Windows Phone ranks 3rd, overtakes BlackBerry

Recent IDC report shows that Windows Phone is now the third-largest smartphone operating system in the world for the first quarter of 2013, overtaking BlackBerry for the first time.

Microsoft’s Windows Phone OS is slowly but surely inching its way up the ladder of the smartphone OS market share. From last year’s 2% market share or 3 million units shipped, it’s now at 3.2% or 7 million units shipped worldwide. Nokia was largely responsible for driving these volumes higher, accounting for 79% of all Windows Phone shipments during the quarter.

BlackBerry on the other hand falls back at fourth place even after shipping more than a million units running the new BB10 platform. It is worth noting that BlackBerry still relied on its BB7 smartphones for the majority of its shipment volume, which were well received within key markets due to its low prices.

As for the leaders, Android and iOS still take the lion’s share of smartphones with a combined market share of 92.3% which accounts to a total of 199.5 million shipped units worldwide. Apple’s iOS suffered a decline at 17.3% or equivalent to 37.4 million units shipped. Google’s Android remains the leader at 75% or a total of 162.1 million units shipped. Samsung takes the crown as the king of Android smartphones, commanding 41.1% market share.

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