According to the IDC report, Android rules the market with almost 84 percent of the market share. Windows Phone has 5.6 percent of the market share which is mainly driven by Nokia Lumia 520. The Lumia 520 is a budget Windows phone and accounts for nearly 67 percent of all WP smartphones shipped in India. Nokia offers a wide range of Windows Phone and offer exciting features like Office, Xbox Live, SkyDrive, Windows Phone Store and much more.

Microsoft Corporation India stated, “Less than ten months back, when we launched Windows Phone 8 in India, we had set ourselves the goal of being the second most widely used smartphone platform in India, and we are excited to have achieved this milestone so quickly.”

Manasi Yadav, Senior Market Analyst, Client Devices, IDC India stated, “Windows Phone powered Nokia Lumia devices have achieved a striking growth in their volumes within a very short time since their launch in India. With new Windows Phone devices getting launched at short intervals, we expect them to continue on this growth trajectory,”