New Study Claims 54 Percent Of Near-Term Smart Phone Buyers Looking To Get An iPhone 4S
by Joe White
January 11, 2012
A new study from ChangeWave claims that more than half of the potential smart phone customers in North America are planning on purchasing an iPhone 4S handset.
The exact figure was 54 percent as of December, though this had decreased from a huge 65 percent in September:
The late December survey looked at smart phone demand trends going forward, and finds Apple iPhone demand remains incredibly strong more than two months after the iPhone 4S release. Among respondents planning to buy a new smart phone in the next 90 days, better than one-in-two (54%; down 11-pts) say they'll get an iPhone. Apple has never dominated smart phone planned buying to this extent more than two months after a major new release.Though a significantly smaller figure, Samsung's 13 percent (as detailed graphically in the below image) was nevertheless impressive: this figure has more than doubled since the last survey, ChangeWave's study reports. For Apple, interest in the iPhone is increasing. As ChangeWave's report notes, the company "has never dominated smart phone planned buying to this extent more than two months after a major new release." For the full details of the study, take a look at ChangeWave's report. [via MacRumors]
