Microsoft Windows Phone Apps store app number 300,000

Originally ambition in the world of Windows Phone in recent years, no matter in the market share, usage and so can only look at Apple, Google Xiang, the application of too little is one of the main reasons. But the situation is improving, and Microsoft has just updated its App store apps on its numbers, which has reached a 300,000 milestone (at the end of June).

A Microsoft spokeswoman confirmed the figure:

We now have more than 300,000 windows Phone apps, and the size of the Windows Phone store is still growing. The number of Windows and Windows Phone Apps has grown by 94% in the past 1 years, and the number of active developers has increased by 50%.

Windows Phone store broke through 100,000 apps in June 2012, breaking 200,000 in December 2013, that is, its application scale is growing faster. Of course, in terms of volume, Windows phone is still not the same as iOS and Android. For example, Android and iOS occupy a 44% share of usage, while Windows Phone has doubled its usage and only a poor 2.49%.

Windows Phone also lags far behind Android and iOS in terms of installed numbers, and the following picture is installed in the U.S. mobile OS, and Windows Phone's situation is similar to usage. The only bright spot in the picture below is that the American function machine still accounts for nearly 30%.