Blackberry Curve Outsold iPhone
In the first quarter of 2009, RIM (the makers of the Blackberry) continued to dominate the smart phone market. This is in sprite of Apple’s iPhone. A lot of people just assume that the iPhone is the dominant smart phone, but once again we see that people buy far more Blackberrys than they do iPhone. This is particularly apparent when you consider that the Blackberry World was in 3rd place (behind the iPhone in 2nd and the Curve at the top of the heap).
Now granted, one contributing reason is Apple’s exclusivity issue. So typically Apple, they only sell the iPhone through one carrier: AT&T. That is the same strategy that lost them market share in the personal computer market so many years ago. A share that Apple is desperately trying to recover.
Perhaps this will make Apple reconsider their strategy for this market and realize that it would be best if they allowed other carriers sell the iPhone. Then it truly might dominate the Blackberry. Until then, the Blackberry is still King of the Mountain. Sorry Apple.
