Windows Phone Is Outselling iPhone in These Countries

In terms of market share, Windows Phone-based products trail far behind the iPhone, with Microsoft's mobile OS languishing around 3%. Indeed, even Microsoft co-founder and chairman Bill Gates labelled the company's smartphone strategy a "mistake."

It's no wonder, then, that questions arose after Frank Shaw, Microsoft's head of public relations, announced in a blog post Tuesday that Windows Phone outshipped the iPhone in seven countries during the fourth quarter

The New York Times did some digging, and asked IDC, the research firm that provided the stats in Shaw's post, to elaborate. Which countries, exactly, did Windows Phone have iPhone beat? Read more...