Study Finds iPhone Twice As Reliable As BlackBerry

An anonymous reader writes "As reported at TechCrunch, 'The iPhone is twice as reliable as the BlackBerry after one year of ownership, a new study by SquareTrade finds. SquareTrade, which sells extra warranties for cell phones and other devices, looked at the failure rates of 15,000 phones covered under its plans. The malfunction rate for iPhones after one year is 5.6 percent, compared to 11.2 percent for the BlackBerry and 16.2 percent for the Treo.' The full report (pdf) can be found at the SquareTrade site."

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Re:bias.

[powerspike]

I have to agree with this totaly. As a business user, if something goes wrong, i want it fixed asap, as it will affect my job in someway (this is a generic view on any device i use as a part of my workflow). As an indivual, I have a itouch, i have had several issues withit, but it still does what i want it to, so i haven't bothered to take it in for repairs yet, but it needs it (the case is coming apart - bad glue?). but you get the point. business users will raise issues alot faster then retail ones.

Re:OMGITSSOOOOOSHINY

[darkmeridian]

My coworkers and I get our Blackberries through the firm, and you'd be surprised how many old-model Blackberries get dropped once the new models become available. "Only the partners have the new ones?" "Yeah. We're relying on attrition to wear down the associates' Blackberries." Next day. "I need a new Blackberry. I dropped mine."

Twice as reliable?

[sleeponthemic]

The malfunction rate for iPhones after one year is 5.6 percent, compared to 11.2 percent for the BlackBerry

To me that suggests the iphone is 94.4% reliable and the blackberry is 88.8% reliable. That's just me, though.