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Originally Posted by Alex Alexzander
To date they have already sold more than 4 million iPhones. In contrast, there are over 11 million BlackBerry users. But consider how little time Apple has been selling the iPhone. It's not hard to imagine Apple outselling RIM in the next year at this pace.
The question is, can they keep up the pace, or even accelerate it. I have no idea, but if you watch the quarter by quarter results, you'll gain some insights into that answer. So far, it looks to be building momentum.
Alex
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I'm not sure about that. Blackberry built their current user base with very little marketing. It's only now that bb has started to advertise to the consumer space. In contrast, Apple is a marketing giant and may never have any presence in the commercial space. The iPhone is restricted to one carrier, where bb is available through just about all of them. As carriers and bb beef up their consumer advertising, bb will continue to grow in user count. There is no way Apple will continue the pace of sales with the iPhone. Every new Apple product comes with a huge sale in the first couple of months after release, then sales per day start to drop.