Microsoft has been tight-lipped until now on sales of smartphones running its new Windows Phone 7 OS.
But today it revealed 1.5 million Windows Phone 7 smartphones sold into carriers and stores in the first six weeks of shipments. That’s “sell-in” data to stores, not “sell through” data to consumers, but it’s more than we’ve heard from Microsoft so far.
In an story posted by Microsoft, the company’s Achim Berg said more than 4,000 apps are now in Microsoft’s marketplace, “with more pouring in daily.”
He said the first of several updates to Windows Phone 7 will be released “in the next couple of months.”
Smartphones on Windows Phone 7 launched in the U.S. on November 8 accompanied by a $100 million ad campaign.
Source: Microsoft via Engadget
Photo: Samsung Focus
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