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Samsung Phones Floundering as Music Devices; Nokia (NOK) 5310 Comes in First, Survey Says
Deutsche Telecom (DT), owner of T-Mobile, the cellular phone company, was surveyed this month. Tickermine researchers consulted 24 stores nation-wide and asked which was the best selling phone, which sells best for email and which is best for music?
The best overall selling phone was the Blackberry (RIMM), a first in Tickermine surveys. Previous studies had the Motorola (MOT) RAZR up top with 31% of the votes. Blackberry was cited this round by 7 respondents, or 29%, followed by the Motorola Razr (6 respondents or 25%), the Sidekick XL (5 respondents or 21%) the Samsung Beat (4 respondents or 17%) and the Nokia 5310 got two mentions (8%). The Blackberry came up trumps as the best email phone also with 57% of respondent's votes.
This is a slight drop from our last survey which stated that the Blackberry gathered 66% of the votes. The Sidekick came in second (7 respondents or 29% of the votes) and the rest did dismally in this group - - the Nokia 2610, Palm Treo 650 Smartphone, Samsung Blast and Samsung t429 were each mentioned once only or by 4% of those polled. For music, interestingly it was the Nokia 5310 which did best (8 respondents, 33%). This is a big jump from before when Samsung phones dominated this group. The Nokia 5310 was followed by the Samsung Beat (6 respondents or 25%), the Motorola RIZR Z3 and then the Sidekick XL (3 or 13%). Finally, for the best music phone, the Samsung Blast and then the Blackberry Curve were each cited twice, or by 8% of those quizzed.
Samsung SCHr400 Best-Selling Phone for PCS
26% of MetroPCS outlets in a recent survey cited the Samsung SCHr400 as the best-selling phone model, followed closely by the MOTOROKR and Motorola RAZR with 21% each. 58% named the Samsung r410 as the best e-mail device. 63% cited the MOTOROKR as best music device.
Blackberry Named Top-Selling Phone, Best for Email by Alltel (ALTEO.PK) Stores
TickerMine surveyed Alltel stores across the country and found that the Blackberry and the LG Scoop are the company's best-selling cell phones. Both were named best-sellers by 27% of stores. The Motorazr V3a was next (18%), followed by the Nokia N95 (9%.) The Samsung Muse, Alltel Snap, Glimmer, and HTC Touch were also mentioned. The Blackberry was also named the best phone for email by 59% of stores. The Motokrzr was named the best phone for playing music (23%). The Samsung Muse was next, at 18%. The Blackberry Pearl, the Curve, Hue by Samsung, Motorokr, and the LG Glimmer were each named the best phones for playing music by 14% of respondents.
Palm (PALM) Centro Viewed as Best Selling Phone, Over the Razr, Sprint (S) Survey Says
Sprint Nextel Corp. is battling AT&T (T) and iPhone (AAPL) to position its new Samsung Instinct (to debut later this month) as an i-phone killer, analysts say. And judging from consumer response so far, the new phone may have a chance. Tickermine polled 26 Sprint stores this month and asked which phone sold best, which is the best selling phone for email, for playing music and has their been an increase in customers upgrading their phones or opening new accounts?
The Palm Centro was cited as the best selling phone by 19% of those polled. (This changed from earlier surveys which cited the Motorola Razr as best.) 12% cited the Sanyo 3200, another 12% cited the Motorazor v3 and 3% cited various others including the Rumor by LG, Nokia 5300 XPress Music and the Touch by HTC. The best phone for emailing remains the Blackberry (12 respondents or 46%). This has hardly changed from earlier surveys. The Palm Centro was cited by 8 people or 31% and the MOTO Q by Motorola was cited twice or by 8% of those polled.
The following each received one mention (4%): Motorola Buzz, Mogul, Audiovox Thera and LG Rumor. For music the LG Muziq was most popular (12 respondents or 46%) followed by the Blackberry Pearl, MOTO Q by Motorola, LG chocolate, Samsung Beat and Samsung Upstage. These were all cited by two respondents each (8%) and the Audiovox Thera, Sanyo 3200, Sony Ericsson 810i and Samsung Upstage each received one mention or by 4% of those polled. We were interested to see that 16 respondents, 62% of those interviewed said their store was seeing more upgrades and new accounts this month. 10 respondents or 38% saw no change at all.
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wallawallabingbang
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Jun 18 07:18 AMApple may sell 30 million phones in 2009 (Morgan Stanley, this morning). Gene Munster: 45 million.
Plus, we've seen iPhone 'killers' come and go...
Wake up and smell the starbucks.
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Jun 18 12:24 PMiPhone has 0,5 per cent (!) of the worldwide cell phone market and it's declining rapidly (600.000 sold worldwide this quarter, down from 2 million). Virtually none sold in Europe. No need to kill that product. It shall kill itself with its substandard 2 Mpx camera and the price of $600 as there are much better products with 5 Mpx cameras for $1.
If iPhone had been launched 2004 it just might have been competitive in Europe. Now it is unfortunately going the same way as Razr.
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