Not a big surprise. What’s striking is that not one of the other 18 smartphones in the 2009 list — not the Samsung Instinct (No. 2), not the T-Mobile Sidekick (5), not the Palm Centro (7), not the LG Dare (9) — survived to make the 2011 list.
To be sure, Apple has released two models of the iPhone in the period covered — the iPhone 3GS and the iPhone 4.
But how many other smartphones have come and gone in those 27 months? And how many of the Androids that are so hot today will be around in 2013?
The Millennium Mobile Mix report in full can be downloaded here.
It’s only a survey of 727 users, but still.
David Murphy:
Breaking this down a bit further, 66 percent of Verizon’s Blackberry users specifically stated that they were either very or somewhat likely to pick up an iPhone 4 on launch day. That number drops to 44 percent for Verizon’s Android owners. But you can always ask them yourself: In total, 24 percent of existing Verizon owners intending to make a switch on launch day stated that they intended to stand in line to pick up a new device.
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