You Could See This Coming: Windows Phone Sales Share Declines Even More

Windows Phone has been losing ground for quite some time now, so it shouldn’t be a big surprise that the same declining trend was maintained in the three-month period ending August 2016 too.

Data provided by Kantar shows that Windows Phone is down in all but one big market when compared to 2015 sales, and it’s hard to believe that a recovery would be possible in the coming months given that Microsoft itself seems to be less interested in investing in mobile these days.

First and foremost, Windows Phone experienced a substantial decline in European markets, even though these have always been the most successful for the platform.

In Germany, Windows Phone declined 6.5% to 4.0%, while in the United Kingdom, the platform dropped from 11.2% to 4.9%. Windows Phone also nosedived in France where it lost no less than 8.1% to settle at 5%, while in Italy it went from 13.7% to no less than 4.9%.

Share growing in Japan

As far as the United States is concer...