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The iPhone Is Now the Best Selling Phone In the U.S.
TechCrunch —
When the economy takes a hit, so do cell phone sales. Last quarter, mobile phone sales in the U.S. dropped 15 percent to 32 million units, according to market research firm NPD Group. But in hard times, the strongest brands also take share. And that is exactly what Apple did.
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Three reasons the iPhone has topped the RAZR
jkOnTheRun —
... For three years, the Motorola RAZR handset has topped the U.S. sales charts. Word out of NPD today tells us that the story has changed and the phone market is playing a different tune. ...
RAZR Burned
Digital Daily —
... The Motorola (MOT) Razr’s 12-quarter streak as the No. 1 ranked handset in the United States has finally been broken–by Apple of all companies. According to a survey by NPD, the Razr V3 slipped to second place behind Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone 3G in the third quarter, apparently a victim of its own outdated design. ...
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iPhone 3G (temporarily?) trounces RAZR as top consumer phone
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