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BlackBerry OS to Fall Behind Windows Phone in November

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Windows Phone stands to gain from BlackBerry OS's steady decline.

It's no secret that BlackBerry maker Research In Motion is in trouble. The company has been struggling for a while and is hoping to turn things around with its BlackBerry 10 OS. Meanwhile, Microsoft is going hell for leather in its attempt to match the likes of iOS and Android. The company is preparing to launch Windows Phone 8 this fall, and partner Nokia is set to reveal the first Windows Phone 8 handsets in a couple of weeks' time. Now it looks like Microsoft's Windows Phone OS might pass BlackBerry OS in marketshare as soon as November.

WMPowerUser points to StatCounter data in reporting that BlackBerry OS's falling marketshare may soon drop below Windows Phone. WMPowerUser says the projection is based on extrapolating StatCounter web usage data from the beginning of the year. If correct, it would make Microsoft's mobile operating system the number three mobile OS in the United States by November.

 

As it stands, StatCounter puts iOS (green) in the lead with 48.98 percent of the market. Android (pink) is in second with 38.76 percent, while BlackBerry OS (dark green) and Windows Phone (black) bring up the rear with 4.64 percent, and 1.23 percent, respectively. Last month, BlackBerry OS had 4.91 percent of the market (0.27 percent more than August), while its marketshare at the beginning of the year was 7.52 percent. If you wind that back a year, to January 2011, BlackBerry OS was sitting pretty in second place with 26.05 percent of the market. Android surpassed BlackBerry OS to become number two in February of 2011. This switch in positions was a result of Android's growth as well as the decline of BlackBerry OS. Windows Phone has grown from 0.72 percent to 1.23 percent since the beginning of 2012.

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  • getreal
    Makes sense. Android was the closest thing to a competitor to iOS, so naturally it makes sense that people not interested in an Apple phone (not available on carrier / didn't want to pay for a phone) would default to whatever free device the carrier pushed. That and since Samsung released an iPhone with the Samsung logo on it, lots were duped into the same experience. At least Samsuck acknowledged Apple's superiority and took the coward way of copying the winner's formula.

    Meanwhile, research in motion sat back and did nothing, like Palm before it. And Microsoft has been actively pushing innovation and releasing a great new product.

    I wish MS would have been able to snag Palm / web OS. That mixed with the new Microsoft stuff would have been an interesting platform! Instead, we get the same, tired Apple clones from Samsuck. At least HTC tries to be different, but that's tough when the OS itself is a copy (a really bad and poor attempt at one), too.

    Hoping for MS success in the new mobile line.
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  • Kami3k
    Getreal = another apple troll.
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  • chuckydb
    getrealMakes sense. Android was the closest thing to a competitor to iOS, so naturally it makes sense that people not interested in an Apple phone (not available on carrier / didn't want to pay for a phone) would default to whatever free device the carrier pushed. That and since Samsung released an iPhone with the Samsung logo on it, lots were duped into the same experience. At least Samsuck acknowledged Apple's superiority and took the coward way of copying the winner's formula.Seriously dude?
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  • willard
    That and since Samsung released an iPhone with the Samsung logo on it, lots were duped into the same experience.
    Never actually used an Android phone, much less Samsung phone, have you?
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  • fayzaan
    you would have to be retarded and blind to not tell the difference between a Samsung Galaxy series and an Apple iPhone. I've tried both and prefer Android!
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  • Vorador2
    WP might gain from BB decline, but the ones who will probably eat the most from their market share is Android since it has terminals with keyboard. iPhone is too pricey for the market BB is currently targeted to.
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  • alexmx
    Vorador2WP might gain from BB decline, but the ones who will probably eat the most from their market share is Android since it has terminals with keyboard. iPhone is too pricey for the market BB is currently targeted to.
    You forgot to mention that there are a wide variety of android models, that will most likely fit into every BB consumer taste.
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  • getreal
    willardNever actually used an Android phone, much less Samsung phone, have you?
    Had the G1 for a year. It was a lousy POS with terrible battery life, nonexistent OS updates, and poor build quality. Nowhere close to iPhone quality.
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  • epdm2be
    getrealAnd Microsoft has been actively pushing innovation and releasing a great new product.
    You dare to describe WP7 in terms of innovation and "brand new product". While in reality it is a Windows CE kernel (ancient 2002-based tech) with a rewritten Windows Mobile UI and severely crippled featurelist. They cut out all the good stuff to make it as closed as possible. Wp7 is a POS. You can´t even send a bloody ringtone from one phone to another. How crappy is that?

    I would like for everybody to stop glorifying Wp7. The reality is that users like me are DUPED. We whom spend 500 euro for a Lumia 800 in februari 20122 are dumbed like garbage in June 2012.



    I wish MS would have been able to snag Palm / web OS. That mixed with the new Microsoft stuff would have been an interesting platform!
    I would have liked that Microsoft STOPPED snagging anything and for once DEVELOP SOMETHING OF THEIR OWN. The maggots!

    Instead, we get the same, tired Apple clones from Samsuck. Samsung only sells because they FLOOD the market with stuff. Not just phones. But also laptops, dishwashers, washing machines, TV, bluray-players etc... AND they spend a fortune on advertising.

    The people whom care about Android DON´T buy crapsung. I DON´T!

    At least HTC tries to be different, but that's tough when the OS itself is a copy (a really bad and poor attempt at one), too.
    Android in itself IS NOT a copy of iOS. Samsung abused it to make an iOS-like UI on top of it. But that´s the price for freedom. Android is so open that ANYBODY can modify it with UI-"enhancements". In fact you complain about Samsung, what about Meizo with their Flyme OS! Though i´t doesn´t resemble iOS in looks but it DOES in underlyinmg usability.

    Soon they will relaise their phones and then what. If they´re NOT succesfull Apple will NOT sue them and if they are then Apple will sue their ass off. The fucking hypocrites.

    Hoping for MS success in the new mobile line.
    Frankly, I find that IF Nokia goes down (then that is CLEARLY Microsoft´s fault) then I HOPE Microsoft goes down with it! THEY FUCKED UP, They pay!
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  • Zetto
    Such a misleading use of statistics. Statcounter web usage data.... ever consider for a moment many BB user don't ever use it to access the web? We have thousands of BB in our corp, 0 Androids and 0 Iphones. It's used for secure email on a BES server after all, security the other 2 can't come close to, which is why IBM wants it. BB is going nowhere, though it may get new owners...
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