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Article: The NPD Group: Smartphones Represent 19 Percent of All Handsets Sold to Consumers in the U.S.
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- Business Wire
- Article date:
- September 8, 2008
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Apple leaps to second among smartphone manufacturers, with the release of the iPhone 3G
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. -- According to The NPD Group, the leader in market research for the wireless industry, consumer sales of smartphones to U.S. consumers reached 9 million units from January through July 2008 versus the same time period last year - a year-over-year increase of 84 percent. Even as overall handset sales and revenues declined in the U.S., smartphone revenue increased 71 percent -- reaching nearly $1.7 billion. With the launch of Apple's iPhone 3G in July 2008, Apple leapt to second in smartphone unit sales, behind RIM.
As a percentage of overall ...
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