Nov 11

Apple’s Latest iPhone Statistics

For some, it may be boring hearing about iPhone statistics again, and again, and again, but while I am not crazy about such things, either, today there's something you have to hear. After all, you don't see such reports being posted in the "Hot News" area of Apple.com, right? OK, so we know "why," and now let's check exactly "what," shall we?

First of the iPhone statistics pushed forward by Apple says the iPhone became the top handset in the US, leaving Motorola's RAZR in the dust. When talking about numbers, it is interesting to mention that the mobile phones market, overall, is cooling down rapidly, and the iPhone could also feel the impact of that, probably in early 2009.

For now, things are still looking incredibly nice for Apple, despite the general tendency.

Next, we have a report that's a bit older, but it's surely worth being mentioned - Apple is second global smartphone producer! While the economy is going down the drain, the smarthpone market is going up, with a total of 39.9 million smartphones shipped during the third calendar quarter of the year, for a 28 percent increase over last year's totals. Amazing, isn't it? And Apple managed to climb into second position, leaving behind companies with decades of experience in the field!

Just as a final hint, it seems over 70% of those who want to get a new laptop in the coming months are thinking to grab a MacBook, at least in the US, where the study that came up with these results has been conducted. That's no big surprise, considering that most new laptops now come with Vista, and lack support for Windows XP... and I don't have to tell you anything about the customer satisfaction provided by Microsoft's latest OS, do I?