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Report: Apple to sell the iPhone 3GS for free
When Apple refreshes the iPhone, usually one model gets discontinued and the other model receives a hefty price cut to make space for the new full-priced iPhone. However, when the iPhone 5 (or at least the next iteration of iPhone) launches, some analysts believe that Apple will want to get into the free smartphone industry. more »
Analysts lower Q1 BlackBerry PlayBook sales estimates to 450,000
There’s been a lot of speculation about the sales of the BlackBerry PlayBook and how disappointing they may or may not be. We still don’t have firm numbers from RIM itself, but we do have some lowered expectations from analyst Scott Sutherland from Wedbush Securities. Sutherland doesn’t seem convinced of the PlayBook’s success, as he more »
Analyst claims iPhone 4S will work on T-Mobile and Sprint networks
Do you know what would solve T-Mobile’s contract customer woes? An iPhone. I’m not talking about any iPhone either. I’m talking about the next iPhone hardware model that Jefferies analyst Peter Misek is calling the iPhone 4S. This analyst supposedly has the inside scoop on Apple’s next phone. Rumors have been out of control about this device. Some believe it’s going to have all new everything, while others believe it’s just going to have minor alterations that doesn’t require a bump from iPhone 4 to iPhone 5. Misek says it’s the former.
HTC Thunderbolt outselling the iPhone 4 with Verizon (at some locations), according to analyst
Coming as a bit of news that is sure to make any good Android fanboy(girl) smile, one analyst has put forth a report showing that the HTC Thunderbolt is outselling the iPhone 4 at Verizon Wireless. The report comes by way of Walter Piecyk from BTIG Research and he has stated that the Thunderbolt was more »
IDC predicts Windows Phone will surpass iOS by 2015
File this one under “potentially crazy analyst predictions.” IDC (International Data Corporation) is claiming that in four years Windows Phone will hold the number two spot among mobile platforms. That would put iOS number three by that year. Actually, according to IDC’s numbers iOS is number three at the moment. The numbers above have the more »
Estimates suggest RIM sold only 150,000 BlackBerry Torch smartphones
According to analyst estimates, RIM sold only 150,000 BlackBerry Torch smartphones. The numbers come by way of researchers at RBC Capital Markets and Stifel Nicolaus, though it is worth pointing out that these have neither been confirmed or denied by RIM. In the end though and in fairness to the ‘only’ description, while that is more »
300,000 Pres sold in June, predicts an analyst
Whenever a hyped phone debuts in its first month, it is always interesting to see how well it does, compared to other hyped phones. As you can imagine, every number released by Palm and analysts would be compared to Apple. According to Ed Snyder, of Charter Equity Research, 300,000 Pres have been sold by Sprint more »
Palm’s Pre ticking away Palm’s life. 150k units sold so far?
Take this about as far as you can throw it, but analyst for RBC Capital, Mike Abramsky says Palm sold 150,000 Pre devices since launch in the USA. These numbers are in stark contrast to the over a million iPhone 3GS units sold worldwide over the first weekend. Is 150,000 units enough to save Palm? more »
Dell suffering from “lack of interest” in the smartphone market
We have been hearing rumors of an upcoming smartphone from Dell over the past several months, however this latest bit of information is probably not what Dell would be hoping to hear. It seems that the carriers just do not want it. According to Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu the smartphone from Dell has gone more »
