Nokia and HTC: good signs regarding the sales of the first Windows Phone 8

Week of good news for those manufacturers who have seriously bet on Windows Phone. With a percentage of the mobile market still low, Microsoft's system needs a number of devices to fuel its growth and Nokia and HTC may have hit the right buttonThere are no official figures, but the information that arrives about the reservations and sales of its new smartphones point to a good reception worldwide.

Nokia: running out of Lumia 920

Last week ended with the announcement of the German division of Nokia about the news sent by the stores of the German country alerting that they were running out of available stock of the Lumia 920.It seems that the flagship of the Finns is having a great reception in Europe, and it has not yet been released in all countries (ahem, ahem). But the thing does not stop there, from Australia there is also news that indicates that the country has run out of stock and in England the reservations of the smartphone have started with large numbers.

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In the US the success seems similar. Several stores have run out of reserves and even Amazon has been overwhelmed and cannot keep up with demand During the week, several models of the Lumia 920 rose to the first positions of best-selling smartphones in the online store and some of them have seen their shipping periods delayed by between one and two weeks. Such seems to be the rate of reservations and sales that Amazon has been forced to hang the unavailable sign on some model with the notice that it was due to the tremendous demand received."

Nokia claims to have received two and a half million orders just for the Lumia 920 These numbers make the phone with Windows Phone 8 a an initial success for the Finns and partly explains the rise in the company's shares in recent days.

HTC: High demand for 8X and 8S

But not only Nokia is having a great start in sales with Windows Phone 8. HTC, the other manufacturer with a firm commitment to Microsoft's system is also seeing its courage rewarded and both the 8X, of which you have a recent analysis in Xataka, and the 8S are having a great reception in various parts of the world.

According to a report by the Goldman Sachs group, initial demand for the HTC 8X is very high and improves the expectations they had about the company taiwanesePrecisely in Taiwan, as well as in several North American stores, HTC's headliner for Windows Phone 8 would have been out of stock. In addition, the middle class also works for the company, since the 8S has aroused great demand in China and in other emerging markets.

With this news, Nokia's rise in the stock market and HTC's rating improvements should not be surprising. Both manufacturers, each with different reasons, have chosen the Microsoft platform to compete in a market dominated by Android and iOS. Neither of the two companies are going through their best moment. We'll see if good news like this week can change the trend and incidentally help Windows Phone grow among mobile systems

Via | PhoneArena | WMPoweruser In Xataka Windows | Windows Phone 8: Microsoft's key piece to close the circle