Windows Phone 7 handsets selling “better than expected”

November 3, 2010 | By Surur

graph-going-up-300x299 We have seen many reports of handset shortages, but had no clear indication if this was due to high demand or low supply.

Digitimes have spoken to some OEMs about the issue, and we are happy to report that that is in fact the former. HTC was seeing “better than expected sales for its Microsoft Windows Phone 7 (WP7) smartphones in Europe and Australia”, while Samsung and LG was also experiencing “rising demand from carriers”.

All this has apparently boosted Microsoft’s confidence in a successful US launch, but Digitimes notes this needed to be tempered with some caution, and the initial rush may be due to loyal Microsoft fans and curious early adopters, and may not indicate mainstream acceptance yet.

About Surur

Site Admin and Windows Phone enthusiast, he has been using Windows Mobile devices since before they were called PocketPC’s. He is currently sporting a HTC 7 Trophy.

Tagged htc, lg, market share, samsung, windows phone 7

rsg

Same.

I vowed off of Windows Mobile and HTC after my previous experience with them, but that's changed now.
GP007

I'm going to bite the bullet and just order one online from the UK or something, hope I can get it shipped out here without any problems.
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Samsung and LG still not made it to the Netherlands…