14 DAY TRIAL // It’s not a secret that Windows Phone/Windows 10 Mobile is declining these days, and some market research firms already forecast the complete demise of the platform, but as far as NetMarketShare is concerned, it’s not the end of the world. Or at least, not yet.
Data provided for the month of March puts Windows Phone at 1.33 percent, which is indeed a disappointing market share for Microsoft’s mobile platform, but still not as bad as many other analysts indicated.
Of course, it’s hard to tell whether this 1.33 percent share is accurate or not, but given the fact that NetMarketShare itself is a reliable source of market share data for the desktop and browsers, these mobile stats are definitely worth a look.
And truth be told, even these figures indicate a decline experienced by Windows Phone, and last month alone the platform dropped 0.08 percent.
Android is obviously the leading operating system for mobile devices with 62.94 percent share, while iOS is the runner-up with 33.39 percent. The good thing is that Windows Phone remains third in these charts, followed by Java and Symbian with 0.99 and 0.90 percent, respectively.
What’s next for Windows phones?
In case you’re wondering what’s next for Windows Phone, the answer is kind of sketchy at this point, mostly because Microsoft rarely talks about its mobile vision and fuels the uncertainty affecting the platform.
For example, rumor has it that Microsoft might be working on a new Windows 10 Mobile device for this year, in anticipation of the eagerly-awaited Surface Phone due in 2018, but there’s absolutely no confirmation of such a project just yet.
Windows 10 Mobile is projected to receive the Creators Update on April 25, but the number of improvements in this OS release is rather limited. Redstone 3, the next big OS update planned for Windows 10, is said to bring many more improvements for mobile, but more information in this regard will emerge in summer.