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The iPhone Already Nets Best-Seller Status

That was fast. Apple’s iPhone was the top-selling smartphone model in the U.S. for July, the first full month it was available. Survey results released today by iSuppli ranked the iPhone with about 20 percent share of domestic smartphone sales, ahead of the best-selling Blackberry models and other popular smartphones. “The iPhone sales for July […]

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Sep 5, 2007

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That was fast.

Apple’s iPhone was the top-selling smartphone model in the
U.S. for July, the first full month it was available. Survey results
released today by iSuppli ranked the iPhone with about 20 percent share of
domestic smartphone sales, ahead of the best-selling Blackberry models and
other popular smartphones.

“The iPhone sales for July were ten percent higher than its next
competitor, the Blackberry series,” Greg Sheppard, chief development officer
at iSuppli, told internetnews.com.
“It’s a remarkable accomplishment for the iPhone given it was the first
month of sales.”

Whether the iPhone can continue to gain share remains to be seen. There
was a lot of hype and built-up
demand for the iPhone, which was readily snapped up by the first wave of
early adopters. “I think the real tale will be told when we get the fourth
quarter figures including holiday sales,” said Sheppard.

Some interesting demographics emerged from the iSuppli study that comes
from on a consumer panel of more than two million participants in the U.S.:

About 57 percent of the iPhones bought in July were purchased in the
U.S. by consumers 35 years old or younger. There was a near even split of
purchasers based on gender, with fifty-two percent of the iPhone buyers
being male. Also, a quarter of the consumers buying the iPhone switched to
AT&T, the exclusive provider of service for the device.

iSuppli maintains a bullish outlook for iPhone sales, projecting 4.5
million will ship this year, over ten million in 2008 and over 30 million by
2011. In July of this year, iSuppli estimates the two iPhone models (4 and 8
GB) outsold the entire Palm portfolio of phones, Blackberry and any
individual model from Nokia, Samsung or other branded provider.

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David Needle

David Needle is a veteran technology reporter based in Silicon Valley. He covers mobile, big data, customer experience, and social media, among other topics. He was formerly news editor at Infoworld, editor of Computer Currents and TabTimes, and West Coast bureau chief for both InformationWeek and Internet.com.

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