Nokia accounts for 79 per cent of Windows Phone sales as Korean giant Samsung and Taiwan's HTC seem to have lost interest in the operating system.
Windows Phone has, for the first time, overtaken BlackBerry to become the third-largest operating system for smartphones in the world, latest data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) show.
Google's Android and Apple's iOS remain the largest and second-largest smartphone operating systems worldwide and together accounted for 92.3 per cent of all shipments in the January-to-March quarter of 2013.
Shipments of smartphones powered by Android and iOS jumped 59.1 per cent in the three months through March to 199.5 million units from 125.4 million units a year earlier.
Ramon Llamas, Research Manager with IDC's Mobile Phone team, said in a statement a closer look showed the demand for alternatives. "Windows Phone has benefited from Nokia's participation and BlackBerry's new BB10 devices have already hit a million units shipped in its first quarter of availability."
Google's Android and Apple's iOS remain the largest and second-largest smartphone operating systems worldwide and together accounted for 92.3 per cent of all shipments in the January-to-March quarter of 2013.
Shipments of smartphones powered by Android and iOS jumped 59.1 per cent in the three months through March to 199.5 million units from 125.4 million units a year earlier.
Ramon Llamas, Research Manager with IDC's Mobile Phone team, said in a statement a closer look showed the demand for alternatives. "Windows Phone has benefited from Nokia's participation and BlackBerry's new BB10 devices have already hit a million units shipped in its first quarter of availability."
"Given the relatively low volume generated, the Windows Phone camp will need to show further gains to solidify its status as an alternative to Android or iOS," he added.
Nokia accounts for 79 per cent of Windows Phone sales as Korean giant Samsung and Taiwan's HTC seem to have lost interest in the operating system.
According to IDC, Samsung commands a 41.1 per cent market share in sales of Android-based smartphones. Apple iOS, despite its largest-ever first quarter volume, posted a year-over-year decline in market share and lower year-over-year shipment growth than the overall market.
BlackBerry still relies on BB7 smartphones for volume, IDC said. Symbian, used mainly by Nokia, recorded the largest year-over-year decline compared to any other operating system.
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