Windows Phone is dying on the vine

[Wireless News]

http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jrUK0Bt7pwiL4VWrghr6Gw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/BGR_News/bgr-nokia-lumia-icon-3.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/windows-phone-dying-vine-201654285.html)There’s a reasonable argument to be made on both sides about whether-Microsoft should-just dump Windows Phone and move to Android-or whether it should stick things out and try to gradually improve its market share. However there is no argument that from a sales standpoint, Windows Phone has been a complete failure so far — and its shipments-have actually gotten worse over the last year. IDC’s latest report on global smartphone shipments found that not only did Windows Phone’s market share shrink from Q2 2013 to Q2 2014 but its overall shipment numbers shrank as well. In total, only 7.4 million Windows Phones shipped in Q2 this year, a 9.4% decline from the 8.2 million Windows Phones that shipped during the



More... (http://news.yahoo.com/windows-phone-dying-vine-201654285.html)