iPhone To Overtake BlackBerry As Leading Smartphone
By Anna Johnson on November 4th, 2009Based on a September 2009 survey of 4,255 consumers conducted by ChangeWave Research, it seems Apple’s iPhone is all set to overtake the BlackBerry as the most popular smartphone. Palm, meanwhile, is falling further and further behind in the race for market share.
BlackBerry usage grew from around 30 percent in June 2006 to peak at above 40 percent in January 2008, and was hovering at just below 40 percent in October 2009. During the same period Palm’s share dropped from being over 35 percent to being around 7 percent. The iPhone grabbed around 3 percent when it launched in July 2007 before growing ten-fold to the 30 percent share of the smartphone market it holds today.
Unless iPhone users suddenly drop off (unlikely) or BlackBerry’s maker Research in Motion comes out with some amazing new BlackBerry (unlikely) the iPhone’s current growth trajectory has it overtaking Blackberry in just the next few months.
