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Re:Microsoft to Cut Jobs, Take $7.6B Nokia Writedown by trimbo on Wednesday July 08, 2015 @10:29AM (#9851712)
I Googled stats to verify this claim and you're right. Last fall, Windows Phone was on par with iPhone sales in some European countries, and in fact beat Apple in Italy (TIL)

http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/29/kantar-september-2014/

Though it sounds like some of those fortunes are turning since the iPhone 6

http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/05/06/iphone-marketshare...

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Re:Microsoft to Cut Jobs, Take $7.6B Nokia Writedown by BrianEatWorld on Wednesday July 08, 2015 @10:46AM (#9851840)
Poland is an even more interesting story as Windows Phone has close to 20% market share.

http://www.zdnet.com/article/why-is-windows-phone-outselling...

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