The Windows Phone 8 platform may have only been out in just a relatively short time but the Windows Phone Store is close to becoming a “Ghost Town No More”, Microsoft has just revealed that over 75,000 apps have been certified for its latest mobile operating system and luckily, the online marketplace’s growth is still going strong.
Microsoft’s ability to attract developers into the Windows Phone platform was a very bold move despite its Windows Phone 7 and 8 platforms’ underwhelming user base but the software giant’s efforts to increase its official app portal’s offerings are finally paying off and we’re thrilled to say that the Windows Phone Store has actually just reached the 150,000 app milestone — it has grown almost twice as much in just a few short months which is very impressive despite steep competition posed by Google’s highly popular Android platform and Apple’s iOS.
Here’s a short statement from Microsoft’s senior director for Windows Marketplace Todd Brix: “As a direct result of our investments, Windows Phone customers now download, buy, and use more apps than at any time since we first launched Windows Phone 7 two years ago,” he also revealed that Windows Phone users have about [an average of] 54 apps installed on their devices.
According to an article posted by PC Mag, the Redmond-based software giant has already seen a 40 percent increase in month-over-month developer revenue in the 30 days since the current SDK release and the Windows Phone 8 has only been on the market for about seven weeks which is not only a good news for the company but to the app developers as well, the Windows Phone platform’s user base is continuously growing, not quite as fast as the Android platform but it’s growing slow and steady,“We anticipate that to grow with new hardware sales and as apps with new capabilities like in-app purchase begin to reach customers,” said Brix.
The most popular Windows Phone 8-powered handsets to date are the Nokia Lumia 920 and the HTC Windows Phone 8X, both devices are flagship Windows Phone models from both manufacturers and are powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor with a gigabyte of RAM, the former boasts and 8-megapixel PureView camera with optical image stabilization.
Most top-of-the-line Windows Phone 8 handsets feature the latest in smartphone tech like wireless charging based on the Qi standard, NFC or Near-Field Communications, LTE or Long-term Evolution support and fancy display terminologies like the Lumia 92o’s PureMotion HD+ display, the HTC 8X on the other hand boasts the Beats audio enhancement.
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