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Apple has won a customer satisfaction award from the consulting firm for the iPhone, besting products from RIM and Samsung among business smartphone users.

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JD Power ranks iPhone highest satisfaction

The latest JD Power and Associates Report for business wireless smartphones has put the iPhone at the top of the pile for customer satisfaction. Measuring ease of operation, operating system, physical design, handset features, and battery aspects, the iPhone scored 778 out of 1,000 points, particularly on ease of operation, physical design and handset features. The king of business, BlackBerry, came second with 703 points, closely followed by Samsung (701 points), though of course these companies have multiple handsets...

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