iPhone is the best selling consumer mobile phone in the US in the third quarter 2008
According to NPD group, the market research leader for the wireless industry, iPhone 3G beat the top ranked Motorola RAZR and becomes the best selling cell phone in the third quarter of 2008 in the country. Never the less, the consumer mobile phone sales fell 10% in the third quarter.
The shift of the top selling handset from Motorola RAZR to iPhone indicates that the more consumer move into the multifunctional smart phones. Also, American love the nice designed iPhone 3G verse other smart phones.
The top five cellphones sold in US are
1. iPhone 3G, 2. Motorola RAZR (all models), 3. Blackberry Curve (all models) 4. LG Rumor, 5. LG enV2
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iPhone 3G is the best selling smartphone in the US
According to a report by NPD, a market research firm, iPhone 3G is the best selling smart-phone from June through August, outselling the Blackberry Curve and Blackberry Pearl.
Of those customers who bought an iPhone 3G during those months, 30 percent switched from other mobile carriers to join AT&T comparing with 23 percent of consumers who switched carriers during the same time period for other reasons.
Almost half of iPhone buyers switched from (47 percent) Verizon Wireless, 24 percent switched from T-Mobile. Another 19 percent are reported to have switched from Sprint.
I switched from T-mobile to AT &T on July 11 just for the iPhone 3G. iPhone 3G is not cheap although it is labeled as $199 for 8G and $299 for 16G. The plan is expensive: with a $69 month call and data plan, and a minimum of 200 messages ($5), will give a monthly bill over $80. But so far I really love it. It is so convenient to check weather, stock, e-mail etc on iPhone. There are many excellent Apps on iPhone such as now playing, pageonce, white pages etc. You can even use Skype on iPhone. It will not be long before we can get video recorder Apps on iPhone since a number of companies are working on it.
iPhone has potential security flaws
iPhone’s e-mail has potential security problems according to a researcher. The iPhone e-mail application downloads images in an e-mail automatically. These images could refer back to a server-side script. When the images downloaded, it will show to the sender that the e-mail is opened and the address is validated. This e-mail address will be spammed. To avoid this problem, it is advisable not to open any links within the untrusted sources. The second problem is the URL displays in the e-mail due to the limitation of the iPhone display. The attackers can use websites to fool users to reveal their personal information. For more details, read here.
Google Android phone to be available in China
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