May 04
The iPhone took a backseat to the BlackBerry in the first quarter of 2009, according to a study by NPD. The Curve 8300 captured the title of America’s best selling smartphone, thanks in no small part to wider carrier availability and Verizon’s buy-one, get-one sale on the handset.
RIM captured three of the top five smartphone spots, coming in third and fourth with the Storm and Pearl, respectively.
The list:
1.) RIM BlackBerry Curve (all 83XX models)
2.) Apple iPhone 3G (all models)
3.) RIM BlackBerry Storm
4.) RIM BlackBerry Pearl (all models, except the Flip)
5.) T-Mobile G1
According to the study, smartphones made up roughly 23 percent of all phone sales in Q1, marking a 6-percent increase from the previous quarter.
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