According to Microsoft, Windows Phone has already picked up a market share of 7 percent in China, higher than the 6 percent share owned by Apple’s iPhone. The company employs around 2,500 people in its R&D department in China and plans to invest heavily in the country.

“We’ve only just begun,” said Michel van der Bel, Microsoft’s Chief Operating Officer for the Greater China Region.

Still, Microsoft is still far behind Google’s Android, which owns a 69 percent market share in China.

Cource: Cnet