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The iPhone was not the first smartphone that really took off, Blackberry was. They were dominating before Apple arrived.

I would guess that most of the confusion around this point is that Apple's rate of adoption was high given that it came so late into the game, satisfying a part of the market that wasn't before. Apple also has the most marketing, and adoption in the consumer market specifically.

There are tons of businesses that deploy blackberries to a substantial portion of their staff, this is not true with iPhone and is unlikely to change.

One can probably find the numbers if they look, I've only got anecdotal experience for now.