USERS of smart phones of BlackBerry in the United States are suspected of switching to the iPhone. In effect, the market share of Research in Motion (RIM) which was originally 11% declined to be 6%. By contrast, sales of Apple products increased from 10% to 17%.
BlackBerry users prefer to use another smartphone, such as iPhone now
"Apple is now encouraging the growth of smartphones,''said an analyst with Nielsen, Jack Gold.
He revealed also that the gap between handsets based on Android and IOS widening.
Gold cited the case in the United States. Approximately 38% of circulating smartphone that there is a handset made by Google. Apple took smaller portions, namely 27%.
''People decide not to buy a new BlackBerry. It has happened since a year ago. They prefer the iPhone,''Gold said.
