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# iPhone Growth Reshaping Mobile Landscape
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/iphone-growth-reshaping-mobile-landscape/
- Published: 2009-09-28T07:03:00.000Z
- Updated: 2009-09-28T07:03:00.000Z
- Description: Just in case you were holding back on developing an iPhone app while you waited to see how this whole handheld device thing ended up. These sobering stats might encourage. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2009/09/iphone-growth-reshaping-mobile-landscape.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Apps, Mobile & SMS, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:03

Just in case you were holding back on developing an iPhone app while you waited to see how this whole handheld device thing ended up. These sobering stats might encourage you to click over to [Guru.com](http://www.guru.com/?ref=hypebot.com) to find a developer or create your own basic app using iLike's [self service platform](http://www.ilike.com/manage?r=iPhone&ref=hypebot.com).

[![Eu handheld sales](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20120a5f6ba10970c-250wi)](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20120a5f6ba10970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

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In the crucial Western European market which tech expert Om Malick says is a harbinger of things to come worldwide, the mighty Nokia and other traditional cell phone manufacturers losing sales to Apple which experienced 600% growth last year. Here's the breakdown of sales of smart phones only in the same territories:

- Nokia 57.5%
- Apple 15.5%
- Research in Motion 13.2%
- HTC 8.1%
- Samsung 3.0%