Jeff Campbell
12-30-2009, 05:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.9to5mac.com/iphone_booms_in_france_20253?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+9To5Mac-MacAllDay+(9+to+5+Mac+-+Apple+Intelligence)&utm_content=Google+Reader' target='_blank'>http://www.9to5mac.com/iphone_booms...t=Google+Reader</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Apple has achieved almost 10 percent of the entire French mobile phone market in 2009, according to leading French newspaper, Le Figaro."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1262098265.usr105634.jpg" /></p><p>The <a href="http://www.lefigaro.fr/medias/2009/12/26/04002-20091226ARTFIG00363-l-iphone-le-smartphone-prefere-des-francais-.php" target="_blank">article from Le Figaro</a> states that Apple has sold between 1.8 million and 2 million iPhones in 2009. This nice number gives the iPhone about 8.5% market share in the French mobile phone market. This translates to about 20% of the value of the same market. Making it available on so many carriers certainly has it's advantages, right Apple?</p>