Below is a list of the top selling smartphones of Q2 2009 in the USA. None of these should come as a surprise really.
1. BlackBerry Curve (83xx series and 8900)
2. Apple iPhone 3GS (both 16GB and 32GB versions)
3. BlackBerry Pearl (81xx series but not the Pearl Flip)
4. Apple iPhone 3G (8GB and 16GB versions)
5. BlackBerry Bold
6. BlackBerry Storm
7. T-Mobile G1
8. Palm Pre
9. HTC Touch Pro
10.HTC Touch Diamond
Verizon Wireless is leading in the United States with 87.7 million subscribers. Closely tailing Verizon is AT&T with around 80 million. This is largely due to AT&T’s exclusive deal to sell the iPhone. So that speaks loads about Verizon because they don’t have a phone anywhere near as popular as the iPhone and have around 7 million more customers.
In third place is Sprint which is behind in the game. Even with the launch of the Palm Pre last quarter Sprint’s subscribers are declining. Currently they have 48.8 million customers. They HTC Hero is rumored to launch in the United States on Sprint so that might help.
Bringing up the rear is T-Mobile with just over 30 million subscribers. The reason for this is largely because of their late adoption of a 3G network. Now that they have one established they can hopefully get more customers.
There isn’t much information on the 5800i, but what we do know is that it is pretty similar to the 5800, but with the lack of a wifi antenna. Great stuff right? Who really needs that thing anyways. Well there are some pictures in the gallery after the break. Enjoy. Continue Reading
Metro PCS, a prepaid wireless carrier in many big cities in the US, has now lowered its unlimited price for voice, messaging, and web access to only $40 a month. For $5 a more month you get unlimited email, navigation and social networking. They also have a smartphone plan that adds unlimited HTML Web Browsing for $50 a month. Continue Reading
Official release of LG's newest phone the New Chocolate
By Jordan on July 30, 2009 at 12:20 am
LG finally announces this tall, slender phone after it has been floating around the web for quite some time. These are the first photos released by LG displaying their new handheld, the New Chocolate, a play on one of their phones that brought them up in market dominance at the time. I’m actually liking how it looks, though you can look for yourself, and tell us what you think! Continue Reading
Pictures have been released showing a mini N97 in the wild.
By Jordan on July 30, 2009 at 12:07 am
Some pictures have shown up on Engadget showing off a mini version of the Nokia N97. If you ask me, it looks pretty pointless, being only slightly smaller than its big brother. What I can see from the pictures is that it drops the touch pad to the left of the keys, and loses the protector over the camera lens and flash. Screen size is also about 10-15% smaller than the N97. Take a look and see what you think about it. Continue Reading
Why would Sprint bother spending so much to acquire Virgin Mobile? The reason isn’t to increase Sprint’s users but their prepaid Boost Mobile’s. Boost Mobile’s position is now strengthened in the prepaid market. Also they will benefit from all the new high level employees from Virgin Mobile.
“I have known Dan Schulman for many years, and I feel very fortunate that a leader with Dan’s talents is joining Sprint to take us to even greater heights in prepaid,” Hesse says.
Sprint is gaining market share and catching up in the game. They may soon take over as top dog.
Apple denied the official Google Voice app today and has started removing the other 3rd party Google Voice apps. This is a HUGE letdown for iPhone users. Android and Blackberry already have apps for it and had no problems doing so. The truth is Apple doesn’t care about whether or not Google Voice goes through, AT&T does. Once again AT&T screws with the iPhone. Boo!
Many smartphones and feature phones come without Wi-Fi built in. This can be a real drag to use the relatively slow 3G network compared to your home wireless internet. Also Wi-Fi usually uses less battery life than cellular data does. KDDI Corp developed a solution. At the Wireless Japan 2009 expo KDDI announced two different versions of a Micro SD card that will bring Wi-Fi to your phone. Check out the source for a more in depth explanation.
