Bankers say bye-bye to BlackBerry and hello to iPhone

Tue 18 May 2010 Comment

Sales of BlackBerry smartphones are likely to take a hit as increasing numbers of business-sector users move from the email-friendly device to the Apple iPhone.

News reports yesterday suggested that Standard Chartered, a British bank with interests in the Asian markets, will be switching their allegiance from the Research In Motion produced handsets to the arch-rival product produced by Apple.

The financial institution employs some 75,000 employees worldwide, which if they they'd all carry out a migration from BlackBerry to iPhone could mean that RIM will take a serious pounding on the sales front. However, only a small proportion of the workforce gets supplied with a Blackberry device currently.

Nevertheless, this move and others like it, could seriously harm the success so far enjoyed by BlackBerry producer. In the US, RIM has enjoyed the lion's share of smartphone sales with a 36 percent lead. Google Android-powered devices are running a close second with a 28 percent share of the market, while Apple and its iPhone currently has only 21 percent, according to recent statistics supplied by the American NPD Group.

Originally published on www.mobilecomputermag.co.uk, now incorporated into Broadband Genie

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