Will Windows Phone ever take off?

Well, here we are over a year and a half since launch. Metro is beautiful, fast, efficient, and modern. It's slowly catching in Europe, but overall it's almost stagnant compared to iOS, let alone Android.

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Do you guys think this platform will take off after Windows 8 comes out? Or will it eventually fail?

I have converted about 4 of my friends to the platform instead of buying iPhone by showing off the Xbox and Zune integration. (Do your part!)