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Originally Posted by Faterson
Those can only be low-income countries; the credit for that must go to Apple for over-pricing their products, not to W8 overtaking them. In countries where low price is the deciding factor, Android is already dominating and will continue to dominate. In many such countries, a person's monthly income may be lower than the price of an iPhone or iPad, so it's not surprising to see Apple struggle there.
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Actually, WP is poised to overtake Apple in Germany as well. Yes, much of WP's success has to do with low and mid-range devices. But it doesn't have to do with the wealth of the countries. And the reason these low-to-mid range phones are having success is not because they are cheap, after all Android rules that market. It's because the Nokia 520 and 620 are the best devices in their price range. Something that Google seems to be reacting to by reducing resource requirements in KitKat.