When it comes to smartphone sales numbers, Apple's iPhone is now number two globally, after less than a year and a half in the market. While there has been some percieved inflation in Apple's numbers, no one can deny that after less than a year and a half, Apple's iconic smartphone has changed the gadget landscape.
During last month's Q4 earnings call, Steve Jobs boasted that Apple had beat RIM. He gave a figre of just under seven million units for the quarter compared to RIM's just over six million. UK based Canalys has just backed up those numbers and has declared Apple the number two smartphone maker in the world.
It is indeed impressive - especially when you consider a number of factors:
* Apple not only passed RIM but also embattled Motorola which fell to 4th
* A large portion of Nokia's "smartphones" (like the popular N95, Nokia N96) have no QWERTY entry, all but eliminating them from real mobile messaging capabilities
* In most markets (like the US with AT&T) Apple is only on one national carrier, while the other companies like HTC (HTC mobile phones) are carrier agnostic.
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Apple is on an incredible roll right now. When you stop and think about it, Apple wasn't even in this space 18 months ago and they changed the entire mobile device landscape.
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