According to a new study (pdf) by SquareTrade (via Mobile Crunch), the iPhone is about twice as reliable as a Blackberry after one year of ownership. The study, which looked at approximately 15,000 phones covered under SquareTrade’s extended warranties, found that the failure rate for iPhones after one year of use is 5.6 percent, compared to 11.2 percent for the RIM Blackberry and 16.2 percent for the Palm Treo. The study predicts that after two years of use, the iPhone failure rate will be between 9.2 and 11.3 percent, compared to two-year failure rates of 14.3 percent for BlackBerries and 21.0 percent for Treos.
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