iPhone may knock out Microsoft’s global position by 2009 end-AnalystsAccording to an analyst report, it has been forecasted that Apple will sell 13 million 3G iPhone this year and 45 million in 2009. On the lower end, it is also forecasted that Apple will sell around 11 million iPhones in 2008 and another 25 million in 2009.
It is belived that Apple will outnumber the worldwide shipping of number of Windows Mobile smartphones a year after releasing its first 3G device. Microsoft had sold 18 million Windows Mobile licenses in the fiscal year ended June 2008, missing expectations by 2 million and it is also said that will make it even harder for Microsoft to hit its goal of increasing global sales in fiscal 2009 to 30 million.
Let’s see what’s in store for both the companies and for Apple, it’ll be a great effort on it’s part with zero market share little more than a year ago, is able to knock out Microsoft’s global position by the end of 2009.
