RIM’s Blackberry Hits a Summer Sales Record

If you look at sales alone, the Blackberry had a pretty good summer. Research in Motion shipped 8.3 million of its popular smartphones from June to August, up from 7.8 million during the same period last year. Of those sales, 3.8 million were new accounts, possibly translating to new Blackberry users. However, RIM also gave away a lot of phones over the last few months, with Verizon Wireless running multiple two-for-one events. Net income is actually down this summer, at $475.6 million compared to $495.5 million last summer. On the bright side, revenues are up, and RIM is feeling good about the current quarter, expecting at least 4 million new Blackberry customers. The rumored Bold 9700 and follow-up to the Blackberry Storm could assure another spike in sales. [via Electronista]