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Retailer says BlackBerry Z10 outselling iPhone 5, Galaxy 3 in Canada - The Globe and Mail

Retailer says BlackBerry Z10 outselling iPhone 5, Galaxy 3 in Canada
Iain Marlow

The Globe and Mail
Published Monday, Feb. 25 2013, 12:29 PM EST
Last updated Monday, Feb. 25 2013, 1:11 PM EST

A major wireless retailer said Research In Motion Ltd.�s new BlackBerry Z10 smartphone has sold better since its launch than more popular devices such as Apple Inc.�s iPhone 5 and Samsung Electronics� Galaxy S3 devices in Canada.

In a statement released on Monday, Burnaby, B.C.-based Glentel Inc., said the new Z10 model was �the leading smartphone� sold within its 330 Canadian Wirelesswave and Wave sans Fils retail stores since the device�s launch on Feb. 5.

RIM�s new BlackBerry, of course, is much newer than its best-selling Galaxy S3 and iPhone rivals � which have sold tens of millions since their respective launches � and is one of the only major devices to have launched since the holiday season ended. Since then, there has been a drought of high-end smartphone releases.

Glentel did not respond to a request for additional comment and did not immediately make available any actual sales numbers.

Since RIM�s global launches began rolling out in late January, actual data on sales have been in short supply. Until RIM reports its fourth quarter financial results on March 28 � an analysis that will include sales from early December until March 2 � observers are left with little more than vague figures from RIM and its partners, analyst �channel checks� with retail stores and wireless carriers, and other non-definitive numbers.

RIM has said the full touchscreen Z10 device had a more successful launch out of the gate than any previous BlackBerry, which many had expected given the long wait since the latest BlackBerry 7 devices were launched in August, 2011. A delay to availability in the U.S. led to many analysts cutting sales forecasts, but anecdotal accounts � including the release on Monday of Glentel�s statement and reports of lineups in the U.K. � provide some evidence that RIM�s Z10 has had at least some sales momentum.

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