BlackBerry Sales Lost Ground to iPhone & Pre in June: I Predict BB Will Rebound Soon-Keyboards Rule

Based on June smartphone sales figures, an analyst quoted by ZDNet concluded that…

Analyst: iPhone 3GS, Palm Pre gang up on BlackBerry sales

The conclusion drawn is that Palm Pre ate away at BlackBerry Curve sales among Sprint customers while the iPhone 3GS took sales away from AT&T’s BlackBerry models. The $99 iPhone 3G (2008 model without video recording features) is said to be putting the squeeze play on AT&T BlackBerry sales from the low-end while the new 3GS models take the high-end.

My own take is that June sales are what they were because people were excited about the hype around both the Palm Pre (Sprint) and iPhone 3GS (AT&T).

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