HTC smartphones more searched for than Apple iPhone

Apparently, the Apple iPhone 4 isn’t the most searched for handset according to a survey by comparison site Good Mobile Phones.

Period of a month

Mobile Magazine reports that Good Mobile Phones carried out research over a period of a month, monitoring which phones were searched for on its site by UK consumers.

The Samsung Galaxy S and Nokia N8 came next, with the iPhone 4 only managing to secure sixth place, a result which rather flies in the face of how many units it has shifted this year. Perhaps interest is now waning in Apple’s new external antenna laden creation.

Mark Owen, the Managing Director of Good Mobile Phones, told Mobile Magazine: "For some time now, HTC has been knocking at the door and trying to overtake the Apple iPhone’s dominance of the handset market. Our results clearly show that they have taken the lead in terms of consumer demand for their smartphones."

Having said that, looking at the site currently, the iPhone 4 is actually the top search term, followed by the HTC Desire, although that’s just a spot check as opposed to a month’s worth of data.