Survey: 41% of smartphone users set to buy iPhone 5

Ad network InMobi has been asking its customers what they think of the rumored upcoming iPhone 5 (purportedly to be announced at the event in Cupertino next week), and as you might imagine, the response is overwhelmingly positive: 41% of current mobile customers in North America say that yes, they're planning to buy an iPhone 5. That's even before the phone's features or specs are officially announced, and again, that's all mobile users in the US, Mexico and Canada. 50% of those planning to buy the phone say they'll do it in the first six months. Now, as any sales exec will tell you, intent doesn't actually equal action, so there's no guarantee that these people will actually buy the phone. But demand, it's safe to say, is high.

Those numbers drop off a bit if you start talking about a possible "iPhone 4GS", however. Fewer than 15% of customers say they'll go after a revised version of the iPhone, rather than an actual numbered iteration. We just don't know what Apple's planning -- there was no 5, or 4, or 4GS included in the official announcement at all. But it's clear the public is more interested in a brand new phone rather than a faster version of what we've already got.

And finally, the most troubling numbers here are for the iPhone's competitors: 52% of current Blackberry users and 27% of Android users are planning to jump to an iPhone 5, and even if it's a 4GS, 28% of Blackberry users still plan to switch over. Apple's certainly got users drooling for a new iPhone -- we'll have to see what they unveil next week.

[via 9to5Mac]

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Sean

and 68 percent of the patrons in this particular Italian restaurant said they'll be ordering pasta! And that's even before they've looked at the menu... Well, that must mean most people are always ordering pasta at all restaurants! ^___^

Oh surveys... and you know, how they inaccurately choose to represent everyone fairly and realistically.

September 30 2011 at 6:51 AM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down Reply

SHM224

count me out.

September 29 2011 at 4:12 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Bigg Donnell Johns

I pan on buying the iphone 5 when it open for pre order. I dont even know what it looks like.

September 28 2011 at 8:49 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

mikehild

I'm still using an iPhone 3G and my contract ran out a couple months ago. By all means, I'm going to get whatever iPhone gets unveiled last week. The only reason I haven't already renewed my contract is because I was waiting for the new iPhone. I'm surprised Rogers hasn't been pestering me to sign a new contract, but maybe they guessed that I'd probably be waiting for that reason. They did send me a text message telling me I'd have the chance to reserve one of their first ones.

September 28 2011 at 5:24 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Crystal D

4GS? What the hell is that? 4G would at least make sense, let's stop throwing around the S like they're actually going to use it, they won't.

September 28 2011 at 4:43 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Jon

Of course it's going to be a slightly improved iPhone 4 (I guess the iPhone 4S, as you kids are calling it). Apple is usually about small updates, nothing too drastic year after year.

Also, I believe it will be some variation of the 4 (probably 4S), and probably include a G in the name next year if they roll out an LTE version.

Anyway, that's my 2c. Either way, I dumped over $900 on my iPhone 4 so I think I'll be sticking with it until at least next year.

September 28 2011 at 3:41 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply