Apple 3G iPhone to increase sales of Palm and RIM BlackBerry smartphones

You could easily think that the immediate launch of the 3G iPhone would mean that other major phone brands like Palm and RIM BlackBerry would see a decline in sales, this looks to be the complete opposite. After the iPhone was first released the sales of the BlackBerry smartphone increased by 38 percent over the following year.

While many brands and product review sites try and claim different phones as “iPhone Killers”, it seems that Apple’s device increases sales of similar phones. This may be down to all the increased awareness of next generation phones and as the iPhone brings millions of phone users looking for information, some users look for alternatives to the iPhone.

With 1.2 billion cellphones out there and the phone companies saying we have not even scratched the surface, I think we have room for a few more models to get buyers. Palm and BlackBerry are surely rubbing their hands right now and thinking of all the extra sales the iPhone will help bring them…the phone business has never been so good, especially when some users want Windows phones and not Mac based phones.

The second version of iPhone could be the one that many buyers have been holding out for, iPhone 2 is expected to be cheaper, slicker and boast many more features like carrier subsidies, Exchange support, fast 3G networking, a better camera and maybe even GPS. In around nine hours we will hear Steve Jobs keynote speech at the annual Worldwide Developer’s Conference and this is what millions are waiting for, what will Steve give us this year?