WP7 Predicted To Beat iPhone By 2015

Posted by timothy on Tuesday March 29, 2011 @10:28AM from the ask-again-later dept.

WrongSizeGlass writes "InformationWeek is reporting that Windows Phone 7 will overtake Apple's iPhone by 2015 according to IDC. IDC predicts 2015 will bring: Android 45.4%, WP7 & WinMobile 20.9%, iOS 15.3%, RIM 13.7%, Symbian 0.2%, and 'Others' 4.6%. These numbers would move WP7 into 2nd place and leave iOS in 3rd place with a slightly smaller piece of the smart phone pie than they current hold (15.7%). The author of the InformationWeek story isn't buying IDC's forecast, because of WP7's anemic sales to date and Microsoft's recent stumbles with its first two updates. I have to wonder if WP7 will still be Microsoft's smartphone OS in 2015 or if they'll have moved to WP8."

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Obligatory XKCD by taktoa · 2011-03-29 10:30 · Score: 5, Insightful

http://xkcd.com/605/
1. Re:Obligatory XKCD by Ant+P. · 2011-03-29 11:49 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  http://dilbert.com/fast/2009-12-09/
Re:IDC by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-29 10:51 · Score: 5, Funny

"Seems like they're pulling numbers out of a hat to me."
I don't think so. I'm pretty sure they have to twist and lean to one side to reach the place where they're pulling their numbers from.