52.5 million Windows Phone devices expected to be sold next year according to Digitimes Research

According to the folks at Digitimes, it seems like come 2013, they expect that about 52.5 million Windows Phone devices will be sold. This of course pales in comparison to iOS and Android, but it seems that despite predictions of Android taking the lead while iOS sits second, their analysis has them believing that Microsoft's Windows Phone platform will take third place at 6.1% market share, while RIM will come in fourth at 3.7%. It's probably not what Microsoft had in mind, but considering that iOS and Android have had pretty good head starts, perhaps it might be a while before Windows Phone starts seeing larger numbers.

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