Are you considering getting a Windows Phone 8? You're making a smart choice. Ever since the Windows Phone 8 saw the light of day with its first handsets, its popularity has been increasing in leaps and bounds. Read up on this article to learn more about the rising demand for the Windows Phone 8 in the smartphone market.

2. The Rise of the Windows Phone 8
The time for the Windows Phone to feel like a struggler in the smartphone market is fading. The
Nokia and Microsoft's Windows Phone team have been working tirelessly to give the Windows
Phone 8 users something to write home about and finally, the light at the end of the tunnel is
now visible.
So the good news for Nokia and Microsoft include the Windows Phone becoming a preferred
corporate device owing to their relative low cost, for starters. Cloud is causing firms to wash
their hands off BYOD, as they don’t want to be managing any hardware at all, except mobile
devices. The window for celebration here is that the BlackBerry’s diminishing market means
that the popularity of the Windows Phone will grow. More than the operating systems, people
today are more bothered about apps and functions. Which again is another piece in the jigsaw
fixed with the Windows App Market gradually attracting the kind of apps its customers want.
Two heavyweight apps have been launched for WP8 users: Waze and Instagram. The former is
Google's newly acquired crowdsourced navigation app and who doesn’t know Instagram. It’s
the Have-phone-must-have-Instagram app which boasts 150 million registered users. In fact,
nearly all the major apps are now available, from Angry Birds to Netflix.
Ever since the Windows Phone 8 saw the light of day with its first handsets, the OS has
comfortably overtaken BlackBerry to move into third place in the smartphone leaders’ list. The
relief is that they have finally begun winning over developers. With 4 -5 additions to its 200000
available apps, it still doesn’t hold a candle to Apple’s 1 million app total but the latter did have
a 6 year head start.
If you’re a WP8 user or are considering getting one or gifting one, it’s a smart choice. Don’t
worry about the platform’s future, it’s rising popularity bears testimony to the fact that finally
they’re doing things right. Here are some interesting and assuring facts about the WP8:
1. The shipments of WP8 handsets in the second quarter of 2013 were 8.7 million. 6.8
million BlackBerry handsets were shipped in the same time. iPhone maker accounted for
just 13% of devices shipped during the quarter.
2. Research says WP8 makes up one in 10 smartphones sales in Europe - it actually beat
iOS in Italy between July and September.
3. The Windows Phone had overtaken the iPhone in shipments to Latin America in Q2
2013, and reports for Q3 states it has grown its shipments by 20%.

3. With more developers favoring them now, Nokia and Microsoft will continue to toil and moil to
christen the Windows Phone as the most personal and ideal platform for consumers and
businesses.
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