Editor’s Note: The following lists ranks the 10 most popular handsets in the United States for the month of November. Rankings were provided by AvianResearch L.L.C.
The firm derives its ranking via its Monthly Retail Store Survey, which is based on responses from 100 service representatives and store managers at retail stores of the four major U.S. wireless carriers (AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel Corp. and T-Mobile USA Inc.). The survey is designed to be reflective of the U.S. wireless market from both a carrier market share and geographic standpoint. Collectively, AvianResearch said the four largest carriers represent 85% of the U.S. wireless market on a subscriber basis.
For the purposes of this list, RCR Wireless News has added carrier information beyond the four largest carriers surveyed by Avian.
Research In Motion Ltd. continues to hold the top spot on the ranking, with its Blackberry Curve models dominating the list every month since May. The company also grabbed two more spots on the list with its new Blackberry Storm and Blackberry Bold models, which debuted in the No. 3 and No. 5 spots on the list for November.
Besides the Storm and Bold, other newcomers to the list were the HTC Corp. Touch Pro and Samsung’s Behold model. Dropping off the list in November were the Blackberry Pearl (which was ranked on the list since early 2008), the HTC G1, the LG Shine and the HTC Diamond.
This list differs from other recently published lists due to different tabulation methods.
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Top 10 Most Popular Handsets in November
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Device
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Last Month’s Rank
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Available At
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| 1. RIM Blackberry Curve |
1
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AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile, others
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| 2. Apple iPhone |
2
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AT&T Mobility
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| 3. BlackBerry Storm |
Not ranked
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Verizon Wireless
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| 4. LG Dare |
3
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Verizon Wireless
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| 5. BlackBerrry Bold |
Not ranked
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AT&T Mobility
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| 6. LG Voyager |
5
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Verizon Wireless
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| 7. HTC Touch Pro |
Not Ranked
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Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel, Alltel, others
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| 8. LG Env2 |
8
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Verizon Wireless
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| 9. Samsung Behold |
Not ranked
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T-Mobile
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| 10. Samsung Instinct |
4
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Sprint Nextel
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| Source: Rankings provided by AvianResearch L.L.C. | |||
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