Friday, November 13, 2009
BlackBerry will be no.1 US smartphone in 2014
Pyramid Research says the smartphone share of the US mobile phone market will double in the next five years. It’s calculated that 31% of all new mobiles sold in the USA during 2009 will be smartphones – up from just 15% in 2007 – and predicts around 60% will be smartphones in 2014.
The company’s quarterly Mobile Handset Forecast also says BlackBerry has nearly 50% percent of the US smartphone market and will remain in the lead for the next five years, despite Apple iPhone sales potentially doubling during that period. [Press release]