A recent survey shows more than half of consumers will be buying a new iPhone in the next 90 days. ChangeWave Research’s December 2011 survey of 4,000 consumers in the US and Canada found that 54% of consumers looking for a new Smartphone would be purchasing an iPhone, either the iPhone 4S or the yet to be released iPhone 5.
“Apple has never dominated Smartphone planned buying to this extent more than two months after a major new release,” ChangeWave Research said.
Samsung also had a good showing in the survey. 13% of those surveyed are planning to buy a Samsung Smartphone in the next 90 days. According to an article posted by Trevor Mogg, Digital Trends, “This represents nearly a tripling of consumer interest in Samsung phones just since fall 2011. The recently released Galaxy Nexus-the first Smartphone in the US to run the latest Android 4.0 OS, otherwise known as Ice Cream Sandwich-is reported to be of much interest among the 13 percent.”
There’s bad news for BlackBerry. Only 2% of those surveyed said they would be buying a new BlackBerry. And just as bad for the company, only 22 percent of BlackBerry current users said they were “very satisfied.” The recent outages BlackBerry suffered probably have something to do with that… It doesn’t bode well for BlackBerry, which many analysts predict is going to go bankrupt soon. It’s hard to say. RIM BlackBerry just released 3 new Smartphones, but with only 2% wanting to purchase them, it’s hard to get excited about it.
Which Smartphone is your personal preference? Are you an Android loyalist or are you considering a new iPhone? One of the downsides to the iPhone 4S has been the poor battery life. Perhaps the iPhone 5 will address this issue. Meanwhile you can get a cool iPhone 4S Rechargeable Battery Charging Case which lets you have a “spare battery” right in the iPhone case so you are never caught with your charge down. And of course almost all of the new Android Smartphones have replaceable batteries. I have the Motorola Droid X with a Droid X Extended Battery which gives me lots more battery life than the original standard battery that came with the phone. So, iPhone or Android? Which OS appeals to you?