14 DAY TRIAL // Windows Phone is said to have a market share of around 3 percent in the United States, so it's pretty clear that this isn't one of the top markets for Microsoft's mobile operating system, and statistics show that numbers are slowly going down these days.
While it's not that hard to find a reason why this is happening (the lack of high-end Windows Phone devices is probably the main cause for the drop in the United States), it's more interesting to see what platform all those who jump ship actually choose in the end.
And a report published by the Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) reveals that, in the United States, 45 percent of the Windows Phone users who switch sides go to Android. 35 percent of the former Windows Phone buyers pick iOS, while only 1 percent of them decide to give BlackBerry a try.
As far as Windows Phone as a new operating system is concerned, only 2 percent of the users come from Android, 1 percent from iOS, and 19 percent are former Windows Phone users already. In other words, 19 percent of the Windows Phone users are very loyal to the brand.
Android apps on Windows 10 Mobile
While it's hard to find a reason for the switch from Windows Phone to Android, many believe that the app portfolio available on Google's platform could be the main cause. And if this is indeed true, users who might consider a possible jump from Windows Phone to Android in the coming months will soon have no reason to do it, as Android apps will run on Windows 10 Mobile too.
Microsoft will offer a seamless way to install Android apps on Windows 10 Mobile, and the existing preview builds of the operating system can already do that with some third-party software.
So if you were planning to jump ship and buy an Android, just hold onto your Windows Phone device for a little longer until Windows 10 Mobile arrives and then you should have all the apps in the world on a single handset.