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[[image:iPHONE.jpg]]Silencing Its Competitors

 * by Ryan Lenz**

//The iPhone remains the top smartphone on the market even with the release of the Nexus One and other remaining available smartphones.//

Even with the release of the Nexus One and the ongoing challenge by Blackberry, the iPhone continues to be #1. It was introduced to the U.S. on January 29, 2007 by Apple and was later named Time magazine's Invention of the Year. Apple projects it will sell 36 million iPhones in 2010 with AT&T. Most of these sales will probably take place after the release of the new 4G iPhone in May.

The iPhone is attractive to Gen-Y users because of its user friendliness and applications. These apps includeYouTube, numerous games, iTunes, and even video chat on the new 4G model. People between the ages of 13 and 24 made up 26% of iPhone users in 2009. They used the iTouch, a similar Apple product, even more, as the graphs below reveal. So, even with competition increasing, the iPhone continues to dominate its market.



http://www.t3.com/news/apple-iphone-4g-to-get-may-release?=43203 http://metrics.admob.com/2009/06/ipod-touch-users-younger-than-iphone-users/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/01/06/piper_15_8m_us_iphone_sales_in_2010_even_without_verizon.html
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