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According to the updated data posted on NetMarketShare.com, the Windows Phone OS market share on smartphones and tablets currently amounts to 1.33 per cent. The steady decline in its worldwide market share makes many analysts, bloggers, and mobile app developers discuss that Microsoft’s mobile operating system in already dead. In 2016, Microsoft replaced Windows Phone OS with Windows 10 Mobile.
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According to the updated data posted on NetMarketShare.com, the Windows Phone OS market share on smartphones and tablets currently amounts to 1.33 per cent. The steady decline in its worldwide market share makes many analysts, bloggers, and mobile app developers discuss that Microsoft’s mobile operating system in already dead. In 2016, Microsoft replaced Windows Phone OS with Windows 10 Mobile.
The company subsequently announced its decision to stop producing Lumia phones. Also, Microsoft sold its feature phone business to Foxconn for $350 million. Microsoft announced its decision to keep developing Windows 10 Mobile, in addition to providing support to specific Lumia phone models. The current worldwide market share of Windows 10 Mobile depicts that it is no longer a major player in the smartphone OS market.
Assessing Current State of Windows 10 Mobile: Microsoft still develops Windows 10 Mobile In 2016, Microsoft announced Windows 10 Mobile as a successor to Windows Phone 8.1. Windows 10 Mobile is designed with features to provide greater consistency with personal computers. Further, Microsoft aims to use the edition of Windows 10 for unifying Windows application platform across multiple device classes. The company further enables developers to run a single application on varying Windows 10 devices by launching a new universal application platform. Despite winding up its feature phone business, Microsoft has announced its decision to develop and update Windows 10 Mobile actively in the longer run.
Declining Worldwide Market Share The latest market share data posted on various websites depict that o?er 99% ?e? s?artpho?es a?d ta?let’s ru? o? A?droid or iOS. At the same time, the information posted on various websites depicts a steady decline in the worldwide market share of Windows 10 Mobile. The ?orld?ide ?arket share of Mi?rosoft’s ?o?ile OS a?ou?ted to ?.?6% i? Ju?e ???6. But Wi?do?s ?? Mo?ile’s worldwide market share currently amounts to less than 2%. The gradual decline in its worldwide market share makes both users and mobile app developers believe that Windows 10 is already dead.