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# iPhone Sales Flat As Android Surges, Blackberry Falls
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/iphone-sales-flat-as-android-surges-blackberry-falls/
- Published: 2010-11-01T11:50:00.000Z
- Updated: 2010-11-01T11:50:00.000Z
- Description: Think you can cover the marketplace with just an iPhone app? Think again. A new NPD Group survey, which probably isn't making Steve Jobs the most fun guy to hang. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/11/iphone-sales-flat-as-android-surges-blackberry-falls.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Apps, Mobile & SMS, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:59

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Think you can cover the marketplace with just an iPhone app? Think again. A new NPD Group [survey](http://www.prweb.com/releases/The%5FNPD%5FGroup/Android%5Fsmartphone/prweb4726684.htm?ref=hypebot.com), which probably isn't making Steve Jobs the most fun guy to hang out with right now, shows Android’s OS was installed in 44% of all smartphones purchased in Q3, an increase of 11% over Q2\. Apple's iOS rose just 1% to 23% and RIM's Blackberry OS, fell to third position down from 28% to 22%. “Much of Android’s quarterly share growth came at the expense of RIM, rather than Apple,” said Ross Rubin of NPD.

**Chart: US Mobile Operating System Growth**

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