Great story to pull out, Chris. But I'd like to amend your post a little.
The JDP press release says that in 2002, 70 percent of existing wireless users owned a candybar handset. That's different from 70 percent of handsets sold in 2002 being candybars, because (as the press release also says) we have around an 18-month replacement cycle. So many of those candybars were sold in 2001 or 2000. Meanwhile, now 58% of users own a clamshell - once more, that's ownership, not sales in 2006. So the story there is that the switch to clamshells has basically been happening since 2001.
Also, Sanyo isn't necessarily a dark horse. They just have an exclusive contract with Sprint. But Sanyo phones on Sprint are incredibly beloved. That shows up every year in our PC Mag Service & Reliability survey.
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Great story to pull out, Chris. But I'd like to amend your post a little.
The JDP press release says that in 2002, 70 percent of existing wireless users owned a candybar handset. That's different from 70 percent of handsets sold in 2002 being candybars, because (as the press release also says) we have around an 18-month replacement cycle. So many of those candybars were sold in 2001 or 2000. Meanwhile, now 58% of users own a clamshell - once more, that's ownership, not sales in 2006. So the story there is that the switch to clamshells has basically been happening since 2001.
Also, Sanyo isn't necessarily a dark horse. They just have an exclusive contract with Sprint. But Sanyo phones on Sprint are incredibly beloved. That shows up every year in our PC Mag Service & Reliability survey.