iPhone passes BlackBerry in worldwide market share

Huh? The figures in this article are a load of crap.

Nokia sold 26.5m smartphones this quarter. Last quarter it sold 24m smartphones. How is that dropping 3% of sales?

Answer - it's not. Nokia gained 10% since last quarter. Nokia are up 61% since the same quarter last year.

The RIM figures are off too. It was 12.1m last quarter and they're advising 13.3 - 14.4m for this. They've not announce Q3 yet. Again, that is not a 16.1% drop in sales!

iPhone sold 8.4m last quarter and 14.1m this quarter just gone. That's more than 18.3% sales growth. But that's a normal cycle for Apple. Their sales drop in Q1 and Q2 before a new model in Q3. There's a rush of sales and then they drop like a stone.

Apple have passed RIM once before - Q3 2008 when the 3G was released.

Go look at the graph here...

http://www.asymco.com/2010/10/22/nokias-moderate-intelligence-phone-performance/

Notably, we're missing Android in both these reports but it's difficult to do because Android isn't just one manufacturer.

I still find the blackberrys overly complicated, with all this business with BIS BES etc just to get internet, and also not very usable compared to iPhone. Things like, you can't set-up internet email unless you have a dataplan, even though wifi is connected!?!?

So I just can't be bothered with all that. Poorly designed outdated devices.

I used to have a blackberry perl before the iphone came along, and I loved it, as a phone, but when iPhone came out I switched and have never looked back.

I'm a 60 yr old "early adopter" not in the tech industry. I'm in the car business. I listen to my kids and others thoughts about tech and then decide for myself. I was recently issued a Blackberry by my current employer as it has the 2way radio feature that is useful at a large dealership. I have to say that most of the time it sits on my desk unused. To me it is "old technology" and in no way can come even close to being as simple and easy to use as my iPhone 4.

It really depends on your preference. I personally went with a Palm Pilot, that has a touch screen AND a keyboard much like a blackberry. I can see why people like both of them - they do have their pros and cons. The touch screen does seem to be rather difficult at times - but the Iphones are sleek and have a lot of great features.

I noticed you you aren't suggesting that RIM consumers are not repeat buyers. Is that because it would not suit your agenda? Yes, it fits the pattern. iPhone users are more likely to upgrade and you have a problem with that. Apple's success is your curse. Sucks to be you, troll.

Just like the first commenter, you're getting confused between install base and market share.

Balsiille responded that people are 'getting tired of being told what to think by Apple...

... sort of the way the NHL got tired of Balsille saying that he was going to be NHL team owner I guess.

IMHO, Apple isn't telling people what to think as much as it's listening to what people want and giving it to them (the app store issues notwithstanding).

I'm shocked Nokia are only selling 25m, considering they have about 100 different phones at 100 different price points.

I think Apple's competition is getting tired of being told what to think, but not customers.