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3.6%

3.6% -- mobile os market share for Microsoft mobile platforms (Windows Phone and Windows Mobile) (2012-09)

Name: Mobile Os Market Share Statistics
Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-09-25

2012-09 · comScore

Microsoft's mobile platforms (Windows Phone and Windows Mobile) accounted for 3.6% of the U.S. smartphone market share.

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3.6%

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2012-09

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Microsoft mobile platforms (Windows Phone and Windows Mobile)

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http://www.scribbal.com/2012/09/19/vibrant-is-the-new-black-at-least-for-windows-phone-8/ ↗

Confidence: 28/100 Vintage: 2012-09 Channel: Common Crawl

Source Article

Vibrant is the new black, at least for Windows Phone 8

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comScore · Original study ↗

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Cited from comScore report on US smartphone market share

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Microsoft mobile platforms (Windows Phone and Windows Mobile): 3.6% mobile os market share. Source: comScore (2012-09). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/windows-phone-us-smartphone-share-2012

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