Survey says 30 % of Britishers want an iPhone

30% of people living in the UK want an iPhone. That's 7 million iPhones !

According to research by M:Metrics, 56% of British and 64% of Americans were aware of the iPhone. 30% of UK mobile owners wanted one and reported a strong interest in buying a piece. 14% of Americans said they would consider buying one too.

Mark Donovan, a senior analyst at M:Metrics said: "While other devices - some of them already on the market - have features equal or better than the iPhone, such as 3G, superior cameras, and the like, the iPhone has been the first mobile device to create widespread consumer excitement around a mobile phone. This has the potential to increase consumer demand for more expensive, full-featured phones across the board as OEMs and other operators respond to AT&T/Apple’s marketing juggernaut."

The iPhone will be released on June 29 at Apple and select AT&T stores in the US.

Do you fit the iPhone buyer profile ?

'Solutions Research Group' has released a survey showing the likely profile of an iPhone buyer.

According to SRG, 72% of those interested in the $499 version will be male.

The average age will be 31 years


58% would have completed college


Around 43% of the buyers would be from New York or California. This could increase your chance of getting an iPhone outside of those states.



Around 15 % from T-mobile, 7% from Sprint and 4 % from Verizon want the iPhone for their own carrier.


The iPhone would be more popular among the younger crowd


And their average household would be 26% higher than the national average.


48% of likely buyers do not currently posses an iPod

If you're all of the above, you have a God given right to posses an iPhone.