Apple’s share on smartphone market up to 17%
Thirty percent of U.S. consumers who purchased the Apple iPhone 3G ditched their previous wireless carrier to go with AT&T, the iPhone’s exclusive stateside carrier, according to a new report from the NPD Group. In the report, NPD Group, a wireless market research firm, said carrier defectors made the leap from June through August 2008. The iPhone 3G was released in mid-July. The AT&T boom surpassed industry standards, which saw just 23 percent of consumers, on average, switch carriers in the same time period. NPD Group estimated that 47 percent of new AT&T iPhone users that switched came from Verizon Wireless, while another 24 percent left T-Mobile and 19 percent jumped from Sprint.
The launch of Apple’s latest generation iPhone also boosted the device’s clout in the consumer smart phone market. Before the 3G, iPhone sales accounted for 11 percent of the consumer market for smart phones, while after the 3G model’s launch, Apple propelled to 17 percent of the market. That jump in market share helped make the Apple iPhone 3G the top-selling consumer smart phone from June to August. The iPhone 3G was followed by Research In Motion (RIM) Ltd.’s BlackBerry Curve, the BlackBerry Pearl and the Palm Centro. NPD Group’s report also found that average smart phone prices are on the decline. Between June and August 2008, the average smart phone ran $174, a 26 percent drop from the same period last year, when the average smart phone had a price tag of $236.
Source: CRN
After Tube is here, everyone asks, what iPhone?
iphone sux mines as a dead strip in the middle cant press 456
My iphone is best phone i’ve ever had, winning from my old nokia’s 3210,3310,6600,5300 Xpressmusic.
I work in an electronica retail shop en i’ve tested ever foon the last year, nothing beats an iPhone. The so-called tube (nokia 5800) will be a great disappointment for Nokia lovers like me. First of all the OS (symbian) is really to old to match grafics like an iPhone, but the worst is the screen. Nokia didnt use an electronic touchpad like iPhone or Omnia but a two layer touchscreen. The biggest downside is dat such a screen isn’t precise.
I always use Nokia’s it were by far the best foons, only Sony’s can compete (samsungs all suck because of the crappy OS, okay they look great). I never wanted an iPod/iPhone because i hated iTunes. I still don’t like it, but it works and iPhone works even beter. I have an jailbroken 2.1 one, i can download all the appstore games and apps for free trough bittorrentsites but also direct on the iPhone using appshare and installous. If jailbreaking wasn’t possible it still would be a great foon, but now it’s a PSP, videocamera, voicerecorder, ect too. And it’s strong like hell, i already dropped it 5 times without have a skin around it. Besides a couple scratches (no on the screen) it’s like new.
Just because a lot of websites and tv programs discuss the bad points of an iPhone (no copy/paste, no flash, no bluetooth streaming or sharing only handsfree calling) people think it’s a bad telefoon. I checked our sales system, we sold 56 iPhone and only one costumer came back after a week with a broken one. After analyse by Apple it was repair for 150 dollars, it had waterdamage which the costumer already knew.
The only foon which can compete with an iPhone is the new HTC G1 runner Google’s new android OS. This foon will be availible in Januari. The few leaked videos show a rather big foon with a slide display which reveals a keyboard. The OS will run smooth and is more open than Apple one, but still it’s f**king ugly.
So come on, bash this post, i still love my iPhone.
the iPhone is truely a full blown unix computer. The ipodtouch as well.
@3
I have nothing against iphone (although I doubt I would ever find the need for one)
but you obviously work for Apple or seriously need to get out more, and not write books on here about a silly mobile phone.
foon??lol
So what makes a mobile phone a “smart” phone?
i got rid of my iphone and went back to my £35 sagem, easier to use, more features and didnt feel like i was about to be mugged every time i got it out
Why is the Iphone so popular? Yes it looks nice and works ok but isnt it lacking in some features to be called a “Smartphone” as all it does is look smart.
true smartphone = htc diamond
wannabe smartphone = iphone
nice comment people, enjoyed every bit of words… keep up the funny comments…lol
“Smart” phones for “smart” people…
No phone can come close to the features the iphone has to offer. However, this is mostly due to the fact of third party hacks and apps. If it wasn’t for being able to jail break it, apples phone would be just another over priced apple product.