Seven new BlackBerry Smartphones coming soon

It was only this morning that we posted about BlackBerry App World downloads reaching the 1 billion mark. Following on from that we now have some further news and figures from RIM which includes the announcement of seven new BlackBerry Smartphones to launch in the coming months. Now the big question here will be are these seven new phones actually seven separate models? We must not forget that most new BlackBerry Smartphones come in two flavors, GSM and CDMA. For example we already know RIM will be launching the Bold 9900 (GSM) and the 9930 (CDMA). So are RIM calling this two new phones when essentially it is really one? We will have to wait and see I suppose.

Anyway, it is jolly exciting stuff and if you want to see further facts and figures such as BBM stats and BlackBerry subscriber figures you can do so below.

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67 million subscribers
The BlackBerry Infrastructure passes close to 20 petabytes of data traffic each month
- As an example, one petabyte of data is equivalent to 13.3 years of HD Video
Seven BlackBerry 7 smartphones to be launched over the coming months
Over 90% of the Fortune 500 use BlackBerry today
BlackBerry PlayBook trials are underway in over 1,500 companies

BlackBerry App World

Approximately 35,000 apps available in total;
Over 1 billion apps downloaded to date;
Over 3 million daily downloads;
Approximately 3,000 apps available for PlayBook;
Available in more than 100 countries around the world;

BBM

BBM has more than 45 million active users world-wide
Over 5.2 million groups created
Sends 4 billion messages on an average business day;
Over 2 million users added a month
70% use it daily to communicate daily with friends, family and colleagues
BBM has grown 40% YoY – that equates to 48 new BBM users added every second (as of May 2011)
There are approximately 400,000 BlackBerry Developers

International success: market share in Europe, Middle East and Africa

International revenue in Q1 grew 67% year over year
Over 1M new BlackBerry subscribers were added across Europe, Middle East and Africa in a 3 week period (which ended early July 2011)
UK: According to GfK Retail and Technology, BlackBerry is the number one smartphone vendor and number one prepay smartphone vendor in UK in May 2011. Over the month, the BlackBerry Curve 8520 was the best selling prepay phone in the UK
Netherlands: According to GfK Retail and Technology, BlackBerry is the number one smartphone vendor and number one on prepay smartphone in the Netherlands in May 2011. Over the month, the BlackBerry Curve 8520 was the best selling prepay phone in the Netherlands
South Africa: According to GfK Retail and Technology, BlackBerry is the number one smartphone vendor and number one Contract Mobile Phone and Smartphone vendor in South Africa in May 2011. Over the month, the BlackBerry Curve 8520, the BlackBerry Bold 9780 and the BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300 were the best selling smartphones in South Africa
Saudi Arabia: According to GfK Retail and Technology, the BlackBerry Curve 8520 was the best selling smartphone in Saudi Arabia in May 2011
UAE: According to GfK Retail and Technology, the BlackBerry Bold 9780 was the best selling smartphone in UAE in May 2011