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Apple retains customers as BlackBerry, Nokia bleed
2014-03-18 09:09:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Apple is in a better position with its iPhone to retain customers as Dutch mobile users move away from devices made by BlackBerry and Nokia. Meanwhile, Sony, LG and Huawei are gaining ground, according to a study by Telecompaper. In the third quarter of last year, 72 percent of mobile phone users in the Netherlands had a smartphone, compared to 56 percent the year before. Samsung remained market leader for smartphones, as well as for feature phones, pushing Android's presence to 70 percent of all smartphones in the Netherlands. Almost three-quarters of Dutch smartphone owners (70%) plan to keep their current operating system. Samsung held on to its lead in the Dutch mobile market (smartphones and feature phones) in the fourth quarter, with a market share of 44 percent, followed by Nokia (16%) and Apple (15%). Around 29 percent of current iPhone owners previously owned an iPhone, or in other words, 71 percent of iPhone owners again opted for an iPhone in the last two years.
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