The iPhone might be popular for browsing and other devices / OSs more popular elsewhere – but it (and similar) smartphones that rely almost entirely on wireless data to provide their core services are limited by the cost of that data.

As reported here -

http://www.thestar.com/article/540077

- Canadians like their smartphones but not the cost of the cost of the data plans, so many features are not being employed. Wi-fi capable phones are keeping the market alive in the home consumer market – so iPhone still has a market, while devices like the Blackberry Storm and Curve are a lot less favoured.