Who exactly is considering Windows Phone a failure?
When iOS came on the scene, it was mostly a different kind of animal than any other phone. There wasn't really any similar device so it got first-comer status. Android was able to compete by taking an opposite model. Be cheap and on as many devices as possible, which is more or less what Windows did back in the '80's to out compete Macintosh. Windows Phone took a very different UI/UX approach and was late into what had become a competitive market.
Considering all that, 4% market share and continuing growth is good. If it was stagnant or shrinking, that would be something different.
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Who exactly is considering Windows Phone a failure?
When iOS came on the scene, it was mostly a different kind of animal than any other phone. There wasn't really any similar device so it got first-comer status. Android was able to compete by taking an opposite model. Be cheap and on as many devices as possible, which is more or less what Windows did back in the '80's to out compete Macintosh. Windows Phone took a very different UI/UX approach and was late into what had become a competitive market.
Considering all that, 4% market share and continuing growth is good. If it was stagnant or shrinking, that would be something different.