Gartner predicts that Windows will become the second largest smartphone OS in 2015

According to foreign media reports, market research institutions Gartner and IDC said that by 2015, Microsoft's Windows Phone will grab 20% of the global market share, surpassing Apple's iOS to become the second largest smartphone operating system. Gartner believes that by 2015, Android's global market share will be 49%, and Microsoft's Windows Phone, which ranks second, will have a share of 19.5%. iOS's growth will slow down, with a global share of 17%. IDC believes that Microsoft Windows Phone's global share in 2015 will be 20.3%.

At the International Consumer Electronics Show in Berlin on Friday, Windows Phone marketing chief Achim Berg told Bloomberg that these Windows Phone growth forecasts are too conservative. Berg said this is a new platform that will calmly respond to the challenges of Apple and Google. Windows Phone will show its ability to respond. It is the fastest and easiest to use system.

Gartner believes that the rapid growth of Windows Phone will benefit from the support of major manufacturers such as HTC. Florian Seiche, head of HTC Europe, Middle East and Asia, said that the company has a positive attitude towards Microsoft's system and HTC believes that its development momentum will accelerate this year. On September 1, HTC released its latest Windows Phone Mango phones, Radar and Titan.

In addition, it is not just IDC and Gartner analysts who make similar predictions. Pyramid Research's prediction is even bolder. In May, it believed that Microsoft's mobile phone system's global market share will surpass Google Android in 2013 and become the world's largest smartphone operating system.