Future demand
Despite the high profile teething problems of the iPhone 4, the survey found over one in two respondents who plan on buying in a smartphone in the next 90 days intend to choose an iPhone, in a remarkable 21 point gain. ChangeWave believes Apple will drive much of the industry's growth going forward.
Almost a fifth of future smartphone buyers are interested in owning an HTC handset, in a 7 point leap since the last survey, but conversely less than one in ten people plan on purchasing a Motorola handset, a 7 point decline for the company.
The movement seems to indicate a shift in the Android market over the coming 90 days with demand moving in HTC's favour, making it the most popular Android-based phone manufacturer.
However, it doesn't appear Motorola intends to go down without a fight. The once Android leader hopes its Droid X device, which features a 4.3 inch screen, will attract customers looking for a strong multimedia offering to watch videos on.
RIM is set to lose out by the largest amount with just 6 percent of consumers set to choose BlackBerry handset in the coming 90 days. The company has registered an 8 point drop to its lowest level since the ChangeWave survey began.
However, it has plans to revamp its ailing handsets with its Blackberry 6 operating system and has just rolled out a new security service which backs up and stores data.
Interestingly, the survey also revealed Apple iPhone owners are more satisfied with their handsets than than any other smartphone-touting users. Almost three quarters of them said they were ‘very satisfied' although it might be interesting to revisit these results in the next ChangeWave survey, after the ‘death grip' debacle.
RIM trailed in sixth place with 30 percent satisfaction, marking their seventh quarterly decline in the satisfaction stakes. ChangeWave warned the company could sink further if it does not come up with a proposition to rival Apple and Android's success and have to depend on its lower cost handsets on the international market.
