Apple iPhone #1 Amongst U.S. Consumers in Q3 2008
"The displacement of the RAZR by the iPhone 3G represents a watershed shift in handset design from fashion to fashionable functionality," said Ross Rubin, director of industry analysis for NPD. "Four of the five best-selling handsets in the third quarter were optimized for messaging and other advanced Internet features."
NPD bases their data on online surveys each month that are projected to represent the entire population of U.S. consumers age 18 and over.The iPhone and RAZR were followed by the RIM Blackberry Curve, LG Rumor and LG enV2 in the top 5 ranking.
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According to a report from NPD, sales of cellphones have shifted in a manner which should shock and stun even a casual observer. Apparently for the first time in years, Motorola's ubiquitous RAZR has been overtaken in consumer sales... by the iPhone 3G. This is a watershed moment for handset sales in the US, marking not only a shift away from the dominant market leader, but a turn towards more complex, full-featured devices. The news comes hot on the heels of NPD's previous findings, which still placed the RAZR in the top spot -- though with ever-decreasing numbers. In that same report, the iPhone found itself in second place, but it appears that flagging interest in the inescapable dumbphone coupled with the recent iPhone PR blitz have put Apple's moneymaker into the top position. The news is also buoyed by recent reports that Apple has overtaken RIM as the number two smartphone vendor, and a J.D. Power study which found affection for the device waxing in the extreme. Overall, however, handset sales fell 15 percent year-over-year, and LG managed to snag the top brand position, with two models in the top five. Still, if there already wasn't a clear indication of the market moving towards both smartphones and touchscreen devices, this should give everyone a clearer picture of both the public's wants, and the power of Cupertino's ad-men. Full PR after the break.
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Still no cut, copy, paste, video recording, or ability to send photos to people through a multimedia text message....... we are all lemmings jumping off a cliff. Its sad... oh so sad...... at this rate Apple can bring back and make cassettes popular again and overcome CD's. Sure it is a step in the wrong direction but apparently its what consumers and apple want.
The iPhone has just passed the RAZR which is a phone that:
1) Does not have copy/paste
2) Has video recording that is so poor it's not worth using.
3) Sends MMS photos that are so small and blurry that an e-mailed iPhone photo feels like an amazing step up.
I'm not arguing that the iPhone is missing the featuers you say. It does. My point is that since the RAZR was so successful with these lame features and now the iPhone is knocking it off the list with similarly lame features apparently people just don't CARE about these things.
It's nice that you do, but the numbers don't lie. This stuff just doesn't matter to most people.
The iPhone has just passed the RAZR which is a phone that:
1) Does not have copy/paste
2) Has video recording that is so poor it's not worth using.
3) Sends MMS photos that are so small and blurry that an e-mailed iPhone photo feels like an amazing step up.
I'm not arguing that the iPhone is missing the featuers you say. It does. My point is that since the RAZR was so successful with these lame features and now the iPhone is knocking it off the list with similarly lame features apparently people just don't CARE about these things.
It's nice that you do, but the numbers don't lie. This stuff just doesn't matter to most people.
4) A crappy 1,3 mpx camera
5) Terrible UI
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