windows phone marketshare in europe gets wiped off, the next blackberry in making

Italy led  in the adoption of windows phone across Europe with a market share of 14.2% in 2015 which had come down to a mere 5.6% in Q2,2016.Latest windows mobile marketshare  data by Kantar Media show that  Windows phone has been  loosing marketshare  with  equal consistency and regular alacrity across the major markets of  Western Europe as it saw its marketshare plunge by almost 30 to 50% across the markets of  UK, Germany, France, Spain and Italy. 

In UK Microsoft has seen its windows mobile market share  fall from 11% in Q2,2015 to less than 5% same duration in 2016.Germany its seen fall from 10.5% to 5.40%. In France from 8.70% to 4.10%.Australia too has seen 50% fall in marketshare, from 6.30% in 2015 q2, compared to 3.00% in 2016 q2.

Not to be outdone United States saw Microsoft shed its 3% windows mobile  market share to less than 1.6% as of 2016,q2. China and japan which was never a big market of windows phone.. saw insignificant traction in Q2,2016