Smartphones Now Outsell Traditional Phones: NielsenHuffington Post - 1 Jul, 2011According to a recent Nielsen survey, smartphones now constitute the lion's share of new phone purchases. 55 percent of those who purchased a new handset in the past three months reported buying a smartphone instead of a feature phone, ... |
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Smartphones: A Majority of the Phones Sold in the United StatesPCWorld - Ed Oswald - 1 Jul, 2011If you're ready to buy a cell phone, chances are its going to be a "smart" one, according to Nielsen. According to its latest study of recent cell phone purchases, 55 percent of those sold in the three months ... |
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Playing the smartphone marketFinancial Post - Juan Carlos Solon - 1 Jul, 2011Blink and you might find the smartphone market just changed in an instant. With the number of smartphones shipped worldwide expected to hit one billion by mid-decade as more and more people swap out their old feature phones for more advanced devices, ... |
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Smartphones Outsell Feature Phones For First TimeInformationWeek - Eric Zeman - 1 Jul, 2011From March to May, 55% of people who purchased new mobile phones in the US bought a smartphone, according to Nielsen. By Eric Zeman InformationWeek Android and iOS have helped propel smartphones from the corner office to the four corners of the Earth ... |
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Verizon iPhone Attracts BlackBerry UsersinfoSync World - Sindre Lia - 1 Jul, 2011New market research by Nielsen indicates that the new Verizon iPhone is rapidly turning BlackBerry users into iOS users. The world's most hyped phone, the Verizon iPhone, has now been in stores for approximately ... |
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US Consumers Snapping Up (Android) SmartphonesPC Magazine - Chloe Albanesius - 1 Jul, 2011More and more Americans are ditching feature phones for smartphones, with 38 percent of wireless subscribers now using the more advanced devices, according to Thursday data from Nielsen. Among people who purchased a new handset in ... |
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Apple iOS Share Growth Accelerated In May, Says NielsenBarron's (blog) - Tiernan Ray - 1 Jul, 2011Nielsen this morning reports that among people in the US who bought cellular phones in the three months through May, 55% bought a smartphone, up from 34% a year earlier. The data come from a survey of about 25000 mobile consumers, ... |
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Survey: Smartphone purchases on the riseUSA Today - Brett Molina - 1 Jul, 2011From March through May of this year, 55% of consumers who participated in the survey say they bought a smartphone. That's up from 34% in 2010. Android remains the dominant operating system, finds Nielsen, with a 38% share. ... |
Will Apple Drop iPhone 3GS Price to Zero?PC Magazine - Chloe Albanesius - 1 Jul, 2011The news cycle might slow a bit in the summer, but there are always iPhone rumors. An iPhone 5 in September? Well, actually, maybe that should be 2012. How about a baby iPhone? Aww. We'll likely just have to wait until Apple makes ... |
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Finally: Americans Now Buy More Smartphones than Feature PhonesTIME - Graeme McMillan - 1 Jul, 2011It's been a surprisingly long time coming, but the majority of cellphone purchases in the US are smartphone purchases. A new Nielsen study shows that smartphones have finally overtaken feature phones for American ... |
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Smartphone sales continue to surpass those of feature phones, Nielsen saysLos Angeles Times - 1 Jul, 2011From March to May, 55% of new cellphones purchased were smartphones, pushing about 38% of all US cellphone users to app-running, email-sending devices, Nielsen said in a blog post on the growing popularity of smartphones. Over the same three-month ... |
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Nielsen: Smartphones now tops among new buyersCNET (blog) - Lance Whitney - 1 Jul, 2011Smartphone demand continues to surge as more than half of all recent cell phone buyers opted for one, Nielsen said today. Specifically, 55 percent of consumers who bought a new mobile phone from March through May picked a smartphone ... |
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Android's growth curve levels offFortune - Philip Elmer-DeWitt - 1 Jul, 2011The effect of the long-awaited launch of an iPhone for Verizon, or a bump from the iPad 2? During the rapid ascent of Google (GOOG) Android phones in 2010 it was never clear how much their popularity was ... |
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iPhone Share Growing Faster Than Android Smartphones: NielseneWeek - Clint Boulton - 1 Jul, 2011Apple's iPhone is growing faster among new acquirers than Google Android smartphones. The open-source OS is the US leader at 38 percent, Nielsen said. Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android creator Andy Rubin said Android is being activated on more than 500000 ... |
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Android growth comes to a halt, iPhone leading the way for smartphone growthExaminer.com - 1 Jul, 2011A survey taken by Nielsen is indicating that the iPhone growth is still growing in the US whereas its Android competitors, despite its greater carrier support and amount of phones, seems to be coming to a halt. If you look here you can see that the ... |
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iPhone 3GS to be free after iPhone 5 launch says analystNewsDen - 1 Jul, 2011As the days are closing in on Apple Music Event, we are encountering more and more rumors and speculations each day and this time Analyst are suggesting that Apple will make already available 2 year old iPhone 3GS for free with a contract after the ... |
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Nielsen: iOS smartphone marketshare up, Android flat in MayDigitaltrends.com - 1 Jul, 2011New survey figures from Nielsen show Android's share of the smartphone market unchanged in May...while Apple's iPhone has shown steady growth. New survey figures released by market metrics firm Nielsen show that Google's Android operating system ... |
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Apple Doesn't Need a Cheaper iPhoneMotley Fool - Travis Hoium - 1 Jul, 2011You can't deny the smashing success Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL ) has had with the iconic iPhone. Since it was launched in 2007, more than 100 million iPhones have been sold and the revolutionary device now accounts for about ... |
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Nielsen study shows climbing iPhone sales in the UStuaw.com - Mike Schramm - 1 Jul, 2011Nielsen has released the results of a new survey of mobile phone users in the US, and the word (almost) all around is growth. More and more people are buy smartphones, and while Android currently sits in the most ... |
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Smartphones overtake feature phones as Android suffers at hands of Apple iPhoneTECH.BLORGE.com - Dave Parrack - 1 Jul, 2011More and more people are switching up from a feature phone, also known as a dumb phone, to a smartphone. The latter is expected to have eclipsed the former by the end of 2011. According to the latest report from Nielsen, the majority of ... |
Most new U.S. cell phone purchases are now smartphones: NielsenExaminer.com - 1 Jul, 2011It's not really a surprise; it was bound to happen. In the US, smartphones have now become the top cell phone purchase, with more than half of new cell phone purchases being in that category. According to Nielsen's latest data, taken from a May survey ... |
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Apple iPhone grows in popularity under Android rule: NielsenInternational Business Times - 1 Jul, 2011Good news for Apple fans - according to a Nielsen survey of mobile customers in the US, Apple's iPhone has seen a sharp spurt in growth despite rival Android platform still being the most popular choice among smartphone users. ... |
Business Matters: Smartphones Now Over Half of New Phone Sales in US, iPhone ...Billboard.biz - Glenn Peoples - 1 Jul, 2011-- Smartphones have reached an important milestone in the US According to Nielsen, 55% of mobile consumers who reported buying a new handset in the last three months purchased a smartphone instead of a ... |
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The Most Important Name in SmartphonesMotley Fool - Tim Beyers - 1 Jul, 2011Ask investors which smartphone stock they think is most important and they'll probably say Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL ) . And why not? The rise of the iPhone helped push Palm into the waiting arms of Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ ... |
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Nielsen: Android Growth Slows, iPhone Picks UpMediapost.com - Mark Walsh - 1 Jul, 2011Android remains the dominant smartphone platform, but its growth has leveled off in recent months, according to the latest data from Nielsen. As of May, 38% of US smartphone owners had an Android device compared to 27% who ... |
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Smartphone Sales Beating Dumbphone Sales For The First TimeGizmodo Australia - Andrew Tarantola - 1 Jul, 2011Nielsen's new national survey of US mobile phone customers reveals that smartphones are outpacing traditional feature phones for the first time ever. According to the May survey, 38 per cent of all mobile ... |
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Nielsen: Android Still Number One as Smartphones Outpace Feature Phone SalesPhandroid.com - Kevin Krause - 1 Jul, 2011Android continues to lead the US smartphone market as, for the first time ever, the sale of smartphones has surpassed the sale feature phones, according to Nielsen. A majority 55 percent of new cell phone ... |
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Android Leads as Smartphone Use Grows in USTop Tech News - Mark Long - 1 Jul, 2011Smartphones continue to grow in the US, and Android-powered devices continue to be the most popular, although its growth flattened in May as Apple's iPhone rose. Apple's gains have been mostly at the expense of BlackBerry devices, ... |
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Smartphones overtake mobile device marketUPI.com - 1 Jul, 2011NEW YORK, June 30 (UPI) -- Market tracking firm Nielsen said smartphone sales had reached 55 percent of US consumers purchasing a new mobile device. In 2010, only 34 percent of consumers buying a new device opted for smartphones, PC Magazine reported ... |
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NIELSEN RESEARCH SHOWS THAT SMARTPHONE CONTINUE TO OUTPERFORM SALESZacks.com - 1 Jul, 2011Jun 30, 2011 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Nielsen reported that current results showed that in March to May, 55% of new cellphones bought were smartphones, selling about 38% of all US cellphone customers. "However, while Android also leads ... |
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