Thursday, January 27, 2011

Top 10 selling cell phones in USA

RIM Curve

RIM Curve

No. 1
13%


Introduced mid-2007, the Curve continues to outperform other devices, in part due to its low price of $79.99 with a two-year service plan. The Curve is the best-selling device through Sprint Nextel.



Apple iPhone

Apple iPhone

No. 2
8.3%


Apple's second-edition iPhone remains the clear winner through AT&T, the only authorized U.S. seller of the device. But according to Avian, the Apple phone is getting some competition from cheaper touchscreen devices including LG's Incite and Samsung's Eternity.


RIM Storm

RIM Storm

No. 3
7.6%


Though the Storm has met with mixed reviews, and RIM has yet to release official sales figures, published reports say half a million units were sold in the device's first month on the market.


LG Voyageur

LG Voyageur

No. 4
7.0%


Price cuts on LG's Voyageur, like the EnV2, helped LG achieve share gains in January.


LG Dare

LG Dare

No. 5
6.7%


Sold through Verizon Wireless, the LG Dare has held one of the top spots since July.


Research In Motion Bold

Research In Motion Bold

No. 6
6.5%


Launched in November, the Bold is the second-best seller through AT&T, after the Apple iPhone.


Samsung Instinct

Samsung Instinct

No. 7
4.5%


Another Samsung phone sold via Sprint, the Instinct has held one of the top 10 spots in Avian's survey since June 2008.


Samsung Rant

Samsung Rant

No. 8
4.3%


Samsung's share of sales held steady in January, thanks in part to demand for the Rant, sold through Sprint Nextel.


LG EnV2

LG EnV2

No. 9
4.1%


Sold through Verizon Wireless, the joint venture of Verizon Communications (VZ) and Vodafone Group (VOD), LG's EnV2 got a boost after price reductions, Avian says.


HTC G1

HTC G1

No. 10
4%


HTC benefited from popularity of the G1, the first phone boasting the Google (GOOG)-backed Android operating system, on sale through Deutsche Telekom's (DT) T-Mobile USA.

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