Sales of Apple’s iPhone are beating out those of Research In Motion’s BlackBerry smartphones in RIM’s home turf of Canada, according to data from Bloomberg and IDC. RIM shipped 2.08 million BlackBerry devices in Canada over 2011, compared to the 2.85 million iPhones that Apple shipped during the year. It’s the first time the Ontario-based company’s BlackBerry didn’t top the iPhone in its home country. In 2010, RIM sold about a half a million more BlackBerrys that iPhones in Canada.
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iPhone Beats BlackBerry in Its Own Backyard
Posted by: Rachelle Dragani March 23, 2012 03:06 PMSales of Apple’s iPhone are beating out those of Research In Motion’s BlackBerry smartphones in RIM’s home turf of Canada, according to data from Bloomberg and IDC. RIM shipped 2.08 million BlackBerry devices in Canada over 2011, compared to the 2.85 million iPhones that Apple shipped during the year. It’s the first time the Ontario-based company’s BlackBerry didn’t top the iPhone in its home country. In 2010, RIM sold about a half a million more BlackBerrys that iPhones in Canada.