iPhone is losing popularity in continental Europe

iPhone, which has become one of the business cards Apple, still maintains a strong presence in the U.S., UK and Australia, and its sales in these countries over the past three months remained at a high enough level. Informs Reuters referring to the latest data from research firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. Interest in the "apple" smartphone fueled, in particular, the October debut of the latest versions iPhone 4S, equipped with a number of unique features, for example, Siri. At the same time in most of continental Europe, the popularity of iPhone is reduced, which is reflected in lower sales of mobile devices. The reason for this experts see the economic difficulties faced by many European countries, forcing consumers to save, as well as serious competition from other platforms, especially with Google Android.

For example, in the U.S. according to the 12-week period to the end of November, the market share of Apple and its smartphone has grown to 36 percent from 25 percent a year earlier, while in Britain the corresponding figures were 31 and 21 per cent. At the same time in France the share of the company from Cupertino on the market decreased from 29 percent to 20 percent, while in Germany - from 27 to 22 percent. A similar pattern is observed in Italy and Spain.