Apple Is Third Largest Smart Phone Company Thanks to iPhone

Boston (dbTechno) – The Apple iPhone has managed to put Apple in third place as the third largest smart phone supplier in the world. This is an amazing feat since they have only released the Apple iPhone in four countries to date.

Research from analysts at Catalys predicts that the smart phone market will be up 53% in 2007 from 2006, with 118 million units.

Pete Cunningham, senior analyst stated “Apple has shown very clearly that it can make a difference and has sent a wake-up call to the market leaders.”

Apple managed to pop into third place thanks to 2,320,840 Apple iPhones shipped in the fourth quarter of 2007.

This compares to Motorola, who they beat out for third, as Motorola shipped 2,301,260.

Apple now has 6.5% of the smart phone market in that quarter.

They are still behind Research in Motion and Nokia.

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