Apple's iPhone Outsells BlackBerry

by Jordan Yerman | November 8, 2008 at 06:51 am

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Apple's iPhone now officially outsells RIM's Crack-- uh, Blackberry, though the margin is relatively slim.

However, in terms of what operating systems smartphone users are using to phone/text/email home (as well as check out NowPublic, one would presume), Nokia's open-source Symbian still rules the roost.

Apple sold 6.9 million of the smartphones, giving it a 17 per cent share of the global smartphone market, putting it in second place behind Nokia (18.9 percent).

The growth has been explained by the impact of Apple's iPhone 3G, launched in July as well as the company's market expansion to more countries outside the US.

Blackberry, made by Research in Motion (RIM), recorded sales of 6.1 million, giving it 15.3 per cent of the market.

In terms of operating systems, Windows Mobile has 13.5 per cent of the market, and Symbian has 46.6 per cent of the smartphone market.