Comments on: iPhone's Q3 sales second only to Blackberry in U.S.

By: David Dugan, San Francisco CA

David Dugan, San Francisco CA — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 22:20:04 +0000

Hey maddawg..

Let's come back in a year indeed and see how the iPhone is doing. I'd love to see you come back here and have the fortitude to admit you were woefully wrong.

If you mean that Apple will have 2-3% of the overall cell phone market (1B phones per year), then you are correct. If you think the iPhone will have only 2-3% of the smartphone market, you are insane. Apple will have over 40% of the North American smartphone market by this time next year. RIM will be #2. Palm will be sold or dead.

David Dugan

By: Nodack Phoenix, AZ

Nodack Phoenix, AZ — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:52:38 +0000

Maddauwg, you couldn't possibly be more wrong than you are. You keep up your wishfull thinking though if it makes you happy.

By: maddawg, dc.

maddawg, dc. — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:38:25 +0000

bottom line…

it was only the hype and the limited number of people who bought into it that pushed the iphone to make the sales it did.

this will not last as the iphone is a niche product from a niche company that will garner no more than 2-3% of the market….PERIOD.

lets come back in a year and review the previous 4Qs….you'll notice the iphone lost its comparable sales to the rest of the market….no more niche buyers, only us normal consumers that don't over pay for technology that is readily available for 1/4th the cost.

By: David Dugan, San Francisco CA

David Dugan, San Francisco CA — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:14:44 +0000

Philip, I had to double-check to see if your name was on this piece because there didn't seem to be any fuddy doom-and-gloom or negative spin on how this news is actually bad for Apple…

Aww, sorry, just having a little fun with ya

I think it's also pretty amazing that no single model of Blackberry outsold the iPhone in North America, only the entire Blackberry family of products, and not by much. Even among regular cell phones and freebies, the iPhone was only outsold by three models in the US.

I think we'll be able to look back at 2007 as the tipping point for Apple. Their iPod dominance remains unchallenged, the iPhone is scaling past Apple's own projections, and the Mac is increasing market share, which is almost inconceivable, considering what they're up against in the corporate or enterprise markets. I've written more about Apple's improbable resurgence here.

By: Dan, Boston, MA

Dan, Boston, MA — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:07:03 +0000

What does this really show? The MSFT OS smartphones appear to have sold about as well as the iPhone in N. Amer. in Q3. The static numbers aren't that important anyway, it's the trend. Let's see the iPhone sustain sales after the initial hype – this isn't an iPod after all, it's an expensive, unsubsidized device with a significant service contract commitment attached to it. All this proves is that the fanboys lapped up the iPhone in its initial release. The trends for the next couple of quarters are much more important than the initial hype. Does it even belong in the Smartphone category? Maybe on price alone, but that's about it.

By: Bill Neal, London, UK

Bill Neal, London, UK — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:41:26 +0000

Of course, if you'd have been reading mobile phone blogs you'd have known all about that report – for example, http://mobilephonedevelopment.com/archives/507

By: Ivan, Brookline, MA

Ivan, Brookline, MA — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:04:54 +0000

Eh, take with a grain of salt. I'd prefer to see a trend here rather than a raw number. The real question is who did they take market share from?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:26:38 +0000

I don't think you are reading the chart correctly. This chart shows Symbian as the, far and away, leader and Apple in last place. Please review the chart and correct.

ex ped: I think you're looking at worldwide sales in the first chart. The second chart breaks it down by region and shows Apple in second place in the N. American market.