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    iPhone overtakes BlackBerry to become top phone for business users

    By Trevor Mogg | Digital Trends – Wed, Nov 16, 2011

    There was a day not so long ago when the BlackBerry was the phone of choice among members of the business community. But according to the results of a new survey, this is no longer the case.

    Questioning 2,300 mobile workers at more than 1,100 enterprises worldwide, the iPass survey found that Apple’s iPhone is now the leader among such users, with 45 percent of respondents saying they use one, compared to 32.2 percent who use a BlackBerry. A year ago, BlackBerry was marginally ahead of the iPhone, with 34.5 percent of the share to the iPhone’s 31.1 percent.

    Notably, Android almost doubled its share over the past year, with 21.3 percent of those polled saying they use a phone running Google’s mobile operating system.

    When asked about buying intentions over the next 12 months, the iPhone came out on top with 18 percent saying they intended to purchase Apple’s device. Android was the next most popular choice, with 11.2 percent planning to get a phone running the increasingly popular operating system.

    The outlook appeared to be rather grim for BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM), with only 2.3 percent thinking of buying one of its devices in the coming year. This can be explained in some part by the fact that the damaging service outage suffered by BlackBerry users in October happened during the month-long period when the survey was being conducted. How about that for bad timing.

    If RIM can turn a few heads with its new BBX operating system when it begins to appear in its mobile devices early next year, it would certainly have a more than decent chance of building on that measly 2.3 percent. Earlier this week an image was posted on the web of a new-look BlackBerry device that some are claiming will be RIM’s first phone running BBX, possibly set for a June 2012 launch. There’s been no official word from RIM on that though.

    Apple will be pleased that its single phone looks to have been adopted by the business community, and is now more popular than all of the BlackBerry devices combined. Android phones, while still some way behind Apple in this poll, made a big gain in the past year and will be the one to watch.

    [Image: Reno Martin / Shutterstock]

    This article was originally posted on Digital Trends

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    • MWofKS
      MWofKS  •  Wichita, United States  •  6 mths ago
      I LOVE MY VERIZON iPhone 4s! The BEST phone " I " have EVER owned. Hopefully SOON I can talk and surf the web at the same time.
    • Concerned
      Concerned  •  Tampa, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Blackberry has been dead for a long time. Any good Director at a company would have dumped them long ago. They are worthless, like carring a Brick around. Blackberry is a Dinosaus and soooo slow and outdated. We updated to iPhones last year (almost 500 phones)...best decision we ever made. Everyone loves them. 100% more productive and tons of Free software that we had to pay for with Blackberry. We saved enough on the transition just on the cost of the software Blackberry was ripping us off on to cover much of the cost of the new phones.
      Wake up, don't keep your people in the dark...get them a real Smartphone and get rid of the Brick...
    • Lo
      Lo  •  6 mths ago
      I thought Blackberrys were made by and for boring conservative Republican Wall Streeters and iPhones were made by and for Liberal Artist Democrats? Uh yeah, they were.
    • Borat Insane Ovomit
      Borat Insane Ovomit  •  6 mths ago
      Blackberry = garbage. Pure garbage.
      • X834
        X834 6 mths ago
        You're an idiot. They're way faster than iphone. every "phone gazer" is probably an iphone user because it takes 5 times longer to do anything on an iphone except surf the net. well i do that on my desktop on a real computer.
    • Concerned
      Concerned  •  Tampa, United States  •  6 mths ago
      People now LAUGH at people carrying Blackberrys...They are so slow and sooo outdated.
      Get a real Smartphone...an iPhone or Andriod.
      We dumped almost 500 Blackberrys last year...best decision the company ever made. They nickeled and dimed us to death on every piece of software and adjustments, a complete rip off. They are no longer secure so companies can dump them and get their people real Smartphones..
    • Griffin Sabine
      Griffin Sabine  •  Indianapolis, United States  •  6 mths ago
      There's no accounting for taste. The Blackberry is head and shoulders above the "toy" iPhone as a true, functional, flexible and reliable business tool. The iPhone may be number one among people who really NEED a fart button or interactive maps of Norway, but RIM is where it's at when it comes to business tools. And the Playbook is light years ahead of the iPad for anyone who is interested...and when Android apps come on line in February, it's getting even better.
      • Cees
        Cees 6 mths ago
        Haha that was a joke right? BB is better than an iPhone and the playbook is better than an iPad? HAHAHA you should have a hour long comedy special.
      • Concerned
        Concerned 6 mths ago
        You must be brain dead....OR never tried a Real Smartphone, an Android or iPhone. I hope you enjoy carrying a brick around with you...that's what a Blackberry is....worthless....enough said.
      • Concerned
        Concerned 6 mths ago
        Some people are so blinded....and still stuck in the past...
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