IPhone 4 Dethrones BlackBerry for Top Spot

Despite RIM’s gradual slide in market share as Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android platforms grow, the company still has three of the top ten models. The 9700, meanwhile, plunged to sixth – the first time in two years that RIM didn’t have a model in the top three, suggesting that it needs to get its next-generation of QNX-based handsets out the door sooner rather than later to stop the bleeding.

RIM’s top selling BlackBerry has now fallen to the iPhone 4, according to a report from Strategy Analytics. The iPhone 4 has sold the most smartphones in the first quarter of 2011, surprisingly followed by Nokia’s N8. Nokia also has two other phones competing in the top ten. The iPhone is available through 200 carriers worldwide, and iOS has captivated 44% of the mobile market, while RIM holds on to 19%.