Whenever Gartner releases its latest smartphone market share numbers, the expected decline in Windows phone market share is followed by the expected, `Windows phone is dead!` mantra.
With just 0.3 percent share in Gartner`s most recent report, things almost couldn`t look worst for Windows phone. Blackberry`s 0.0 percent (with only 200,000 phones sold last quarter), however, is worse and seems to be the inevitable direction in which Windows phone is headed.
At this point, some of you having read the title may be ready to head off to comments to share your thoughts. But keep reading. I challenge you to a more mature discussion, and you`re going to need to read more than the headline.
So given Windows phone`s current state, is the platform dead? That depends on who you ask.
Common ground
I recently watched the movie, `The Arrival` which is based on a sci-fi short story called, `Story of your life.` In the film, aliens come to earth positioning 12 ships in different locations arou...
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