If you know a family member who wants a smartphone this Christmas but you don’t know what specific brand, your safest bet is to buy them an iPhone 5. AppleInsider points us to a new Piper Jaffray survey of 800 people in the United States that finds that the iPhone 5 is the top choice for holiday shoppers who want to buy a smartphone. Overall, the survey found that 53.3% of prospective smartphone buyers planned to get an iPhone, while 35.3% of buyers wanted an Android device, 6.5% wanted a Windows Phone device and 4.9% wanted a BlackBerry device. The good news for Apple (AAPL) in the survey is that interest in the iPhone 5 hasn’t tailed off much since its launch, as the current percentage of people wanting an iPhone 5 is down only slightly from the 54.9% of people who said they wanted the device in October.
Survey shows the iPhone 5 tops Christmas smartphone wish lists
Published Dec 13th, 2012 6:49PM EST
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Brad Reed has written about technology for over eight years at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet and the American Prospect. He has a Master's Degree in Business and Economics Journalism from Boston University.
