December is generally a more active sales month than November, and that might have fuelled the growth. This might seem a good figure to most, but not to Ross Rubin, who points out that webOS and Android did significantly better in their launch quarters, despite not being a full quarter. webOS and Android managed figures of 4% and 9% respectively.
This might be attributed to the changing competitive environment and lack of stand-out features in the first batch of devices. However, the partnership with may change all this and more, as the company would invest very heavily in the success of the OS, unlike others like Samsung and HTC.
Windows Phone 7 didn’t have a dream launch by any standards, but the recent Nokia deal and Microsoft Mobile World Congress announcements have given it the necessary impetus to go ahead with. IDC has even gone to the extent of predicting that the OS would hit 20.5% market share in 2015. The OS has seen strong growth in US, with its share of installed base growing 350%.
