The share of Microsoft’s Windows Phone fell in the smartphone market to less than 1%. It could also both agree that the newest Lumia, is the latest.



73% sold fewer devices

The past quarter global smartphone sales increased by 4%. Windows Phone, however, has not been able to enjoy from the success: it sold about 2.4 million units during this period. This brings their share of about 0.7 percent. came in the first quarter of 2015 no less than “2.5% of all smartphones with Windows Phone. There were then 8.6 million units sold, so the number of units sold declined by a hefty 73% over last year.



Foxconn takes about Windows Phone

The decrease is due to the fact that no new Lumia are added. Last week it was announced that a Foxconn branch of Microsoft was about to buy for 350 million dollars. These are the simple feature phones: Phones that no apps were installed. In a press release following the acquisition, the company also informed that they would keep working on the development of Windows 10 Mobile and support in old Lumia handsets, and smartphones from other manufacturers that run on the Windows OS. New Lumia’s was not spoken.



Surface Phone with 8GB RAM

Microsoft will let the production and sale of Windows Phone to other telephone companies, notably Foxconn. For now, the company has 95% of the sales of all phones that run on Windows OS in the hands of its Lumia devices. If Microsoft does not come this year with new Lumia devices, however, will fall further their share. The proportion, moreover, does not have to be dependent on Lumia devices. There are rumors that Microsoft in 2017 with a line of Surface Phones: a smartphone version of their popular Surface tablet. These phones are much more powerful than the Lumia’s, because there would arrive a variant with a Snapdragon 830 chipset and up to 8GB of RAM. Who knows what Windows Phone will bring us.