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iPhone beats out the 'Berry 8300 and the RAZR V3 by a whisker to be most popular handset

iPhone beats out the 'Berry 8300 and the RAZR V3 by a whisker to be most popular handset

Posted: 12 Dec 2009, 09:24, by Alan F.

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iPhone beats out the 'Berry 8300 and the RAZR V3 by a whisker to be most popular handset

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Nielsen, the wonderful research group that produces the weekly television ratings that we are all familiar with, has been producing annual lists for the cellular industry and the 2009 lists have been compiled. For this year, the Apple iPhone is the Most Popular cellphone with a 4% share in the U.S. beating out last year's Most Popular Model, the Motorola RAZR V3. The V3 dropped to third with a 2.1% share, down sharply from the 9.8% piece of the pie it owned last year. The 2009 runner-up is the BlackBerry Curve 8300 with its 3.7% share. A couple of LG models round out the Top 5 with the LG VX9100 (enV2) and the LG Voyager coming in with shares of 2.1% and 1.7% respectively. To show you the popularity of smartphones in 2009, consider that last year, the iPhone was fourth with a 1.5% piece of the market and the BlackBerry 8300 was fifth with 1.2% control.

Ok, now that we know which phones are being used in the U.S., what sites are users visiting on their mobile browsers? The top three locations are Google Search, Yahoo Mail and GMail. The Weather Channel is next and Facebook is number five. Neither My Space or Twitter cracked the Top Ten. As Gomer Pyle would say, "Sur-prise, Sur-prise". Not a surprise was YouTube being the top ranked site for mobile video followed by Fox, Comedy Central, CBS, MTV and ESPN. The number one ringtone is "Kiss Me Thru the Phone" from Soulja Boy Tell'em featuring Sammie.

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source: MediaPost

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1. SamTime posted on 20 Oct 2010, 01:44 0 0

Soulja Boy Fail'em

2. remixfa posted on 12 Dec 2009, 13:28 0 0

its amazing that lil POS phone hung on so long. In cell phone terms, the V3 predates the dinosaurs.. lol.

3. Trevsx1000 posted on 12 Dec 2009, 14:13 0 0

This is a stupid finding because they include the iphone, iphone 3g and iphone 3gs. Why not include the env, env 3 and env touch in the env's numbers or whatever came after the rzr that was like it?!

4. WnnaFghtAboutIt posted on 12 Dec 2009, 19:04 0 0

because then they couldnt skew the info to make it look more impressive...

6. E.N. posted on 13 Dec 2009, 10:29 0 0

there goes everybody again trying To turn every iPhone positive into a negative. It's the iPhone 3G and not all three. "When it comes to the most popular phones, it's clear a shift is underway this year with the iPhone 3G dethroning the Motorola Razr V3 as the top device, with a 4% share among all U.S. subscribers." - Mediapost

5. som posted on 13 Dec 2009, 05:37 0 0

They should compare with the same touchscreen, similar specs. and the same year to the market.

7. E.N. posted on 13 Dec 2009, 10:29 0 0

Well, since iPhone is the most popular, wouldn't it still be in top?

8. Illyich posted on 13 Dec 2009, 17:50 0 0

It doesn't matter. People who hate the iPhone for no reason don't need a reason to hate the iPhone. It's just that simple.