Windows Phone overtook BlackBerry for number three mobile OS in 4th quarter 2012
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Now with BlackBerry 10 unleashed, the stage is set to see how the market will shake out for the rest of 2013. We will see those reports come from Europe and Canada first, only because BlackBerry’s Z10 will not be available in the United States until the latter part of March (at the earliest apparently). While Canada seems like it would be a slam-dunk for BlackBerry, we would not guess that success is guaranteed.
The report also points out that for the first time, Android lost market share in annualized terms. You know what that means right? 2013 is going to be a great year for wireless. We have the big players all in the game again, plus we will see Sailfish make a debut this year.
Does this mean we will see massive shifts in the market this year? No, but it will indicate how people receive alternatives to the two gorillas in the room, iOS and Android. The “pie” is getting bigger, but also getting saturated, so the challenge to the manufacturers and software platforms is to change how people eat their pie.
sources: Strategy Analytics via WPCentral and BGR
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21 Comments
1. wendygarett (limited) 3 days ago posted on 06 Feb 2013, 01:22 2 12
I agree wp surpass bb, but wpcentral post a misleading article... A picture of lumia920 and z10? Lol bb10 just started of course lumia920 will surpass it...
what a mess, it should be wp7+wp8 > bb7 ... Not L920 > bbz10...
14. freebee269 posted on 06 Feb 2013, 13:22 1 0
wpcentral only posted a pic of the 2 flagship phones for each platform. most sites do that.
2. -SEUL8TR- posted on 06 Feb 2013, 01:24 0 12
Not to get to excited and keeping there hopes high, Nokia users will be merging to more open source, due to Symbian was unrestricted! WP8 will tumble, and this will be good news for Android and iOS fans, users.
9. Nikolas.Oliver posted on 06 Feb 2013, 03:17 0 0
you stole my ava ! but why did you change the rim text to apple logo ? apple is not rip yet
11. haseebzahid posted on 06 Feb 2013, 04:42 1 0
lol i find ur comment Effing hilarious all because people are crying same crap over last 2 years "win is crap it will fail its closed os it will fail" and more bla bla bla and again more bla bla bla but infact we only saw the raise of wp7 >>> wp8 users its not dropping down so get a life and stop telling whats not happening at the moment
3. UrbanPhantom posted on 06 Feb 2013, 01:35 14 5
Of course Microsoft took over third place: was there ever any doubt? It will eventually take over first place, in about five to ten years...
7. Stoli89 posted on 06 Feb 2013, 02:54 4 0
Yes, a neat trick for a company with over $14 Billion per year in free cash flow.
5. Snoobab posted on 06 Feb 2013, 01:54 13 0
WP8 is slick, robust, developer friendly, and has an insane amount of potential. Let's hope it keeps up the momentum.
10. tashreef posted on 06 Feb 2013, 03:35 5 0
yes it is..and another thing it means Nokia is doing really good..with their lumia series.......
8. Stoli89 posted on 06 Feb 2013, 03:01 0 1
BB's big server advantages from the past have not completely translated over to the present and have opened the door to competing services and technologies to be adopted by the corporate community in general. Apple and Android being the obvious entrants, but also MSFT with its deeply integrated and capable host of corporate products & services. Coupled with BYOD cost cutting policies, BB needs a consumer hit to remain viable, even in the corporate martket, going forward. Given its CASH arsenal, BB is way outgunned...even with a very nice OS (which "borrows" a lot from Nokia's Meego, by the way)
15. downphoenix posted on 06 Feb 2013, 14:41 1 1
Give it a quarter or 2 and Blackberry will be beating Windows again.
16. hepresearch (unregistered) posted on 06 Feb 2013, 17:00 1 1
No worries! This is a temporary condition.
18. jroc74 posted on 06 Feb 2013, 20:23 0 0
According to another article....all this stuff Strategy Analytics posted is wrong:
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Apples-iOS-cuts-gap-with-Android-in-latest-comScore-data_id39540
Someone is wrong. My money is on comScore being right.
20. papss posted on 07 Feb 2013, 07:59 0 0
I disagree.. They will never regain third place.. They don't have the power, money or resources to come back. They will be good just to survive this year with this march launch ( that is way late) ®©
21. cornerofthemoon posted on 07 Feb 2013, 19:34 0 0
Windows Phone needs to get its shinola together regarding XBOX games and videos for WP8. The former is releasing new titles at a snail's pace and the latter is non-existant. Even Blackberry has a video store now.
