“Apple’s iPhone 4S reportedly remains the best selling smartphone at Verizon, the largest carrier in the U.S.,” Neil Hughes reports for AppleInsider. “The details were provided on Tuesday by Michael Walkley, analyst with Canaccord Genuity, to AppleInsider.”
“In a research note issued earlier this month, Walkley revealed that in the month of May, the iPhone 4S was the top selling smartphone in the U.S.,” Hughes reports. “At AT&T, the iPhone 4S also proved more popular than the second-place Nokia Lumia 900, and the third-place Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket. And at Sprint, the iPhone 4S topped the second-place Samsung Galaxy Nexus and third-place Samsung Galaxy S II.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: One phone to rule them all.
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iPhone therefore I am.
I just saw this on MacHash and I wondered why the diff.
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2012/06/26/iphone-not-verizon-smartphone/
Philip Elmer-DeWitt at CNN-Money, citing a report in Fortune, says the same thing. That report is from Doradla.
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/06/26/apples-iphone-is-no-longer-verizons-bestseller
He then goes on to update his report citing the original post on AppleInsider.
UPDATE: Canaccord’s Michael Walkley told AppleInsider today that he doesn’t believe any smartphone has overtaken the iPhone at Verizon, contradicting Doradla. It’s possible, however, that they are both correct. Walkley based his comment on checks conducted in April and May. Doradla’s survey covers June.
iNeXT iPhone gonna be one KICK ASS unit!!! NeXT!
second to Nokia Lumia 900… Really? the phone that will became obsolete in a few months with the new Windows 8?
Nokia Fans, you got what you pay for…
How others spin…stark contrast:
http://m.cnet.com/news/is-apples-iphone-still-no-1-at-verizon/57460667
Interesting claim. Over at Philip Elmer-Dewitt’s blog, he writes about someone who claims otherwise:
“For the first time since Feb. 2011, the carrier’s No. 1 smartphone is a Droid
FORTUNE — In a note to clients Tuesday, William Blair’s Anil Doradla notes that although Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone is still America’s bestselling high-end smartphone, its sales momentum is “under pressure,” particularly at Verizon (VZN).
According to Doradla’s channel checks for the June quarter, the iPhone is no longer the No. 1 smartphone at Verizon’s retail outlets — the first time that’s happened since the carrier started selling it in February 2011.”
Analyst speculation all of it … Channel checks are not definitive data.
The iPhone is also sold at Apple (and online), not just ‘Verizon’s retail outlets’ 🙂
Like last year we are seeing the beginning of iPhone sales slowdown as people start to wait on upgrading because the iPhone 5 is so near (like me).