Blackberry Curve Beats iPhone 2:1

Posted 06/03/2009 - 9:48am by Julia M
Image: iPhone & BlackBerry Curve

Market research firm NPD release a study that shows that there were twice as many Blackberry Curves sold in the first quarter as iPhones. The Curve is Research In Motion’s older Blackberry model. The new one is the Blackberry Bold. The real curve came from Verizon, which offered a “Buy one, get a model of equal or lesser value free” promotion during February and March. This increased RIM’s market share by 50%!

Here are the top 5 handsets for Q1 2009 according to NPD:

  1. RIM BlackBerry Curve (all 83XX models)
  2. Apple iPhone 3G (all models)
  3. RIM BlackBerry Storm
  4. RIM BlackBerry Pearl (all models, except flip)
  5. T-Mobile G1

To read the full "Tech Trends" from May 11th, Click Here.