89% of current iPhone owners will buy the next 4G – Mobile Magazine

iPhone 4G concept rendering by ADR Studio

According to a recent Poll by MobileMag a resounding majority of current iPhone 3G and 3GS users will stay loyal to the Apple brand and are eagerly awaiting the release of the new iPhone 4G. (I know for one I am)

With over 2000 participants in the poll (at the time of writing this) the verdict was clear:

Yes they will buy the new version, however there are a few things that most would like to see in the newer version.

The most requested improvement is for:

a) better Battery life, especially since a lot of people are using the current iPhone for many hours a day, while out and about, on public transport or even in the office…
(I know a financial day trader that has his iPhone on a trading application from 9am to 5pm watching his stocks and alerting him to actions he needs to take, without interfering, or having to be installed, on his work PC)

b) Multi-tasking , even if limited to only a couple of programs apart from the Apple apps (which already multi-task and run in the background)
Many users I know have jailbroken and used Pro-Switcher from the Cydia store to allow for this with minimum problems, other than faster depletion of the battery.

c) Larger display – This could make the phone a bit more bulky (just think of the Blackberry’s you most probably see around your office)

Apple seems to still have a loyal fan base and a growing customer base, and if they keep on delivering an incredible majority of users will stick with Apple and probably eventually realize that they should move to Mac Desktop’s as well