You would think that as the pace of technology increases, and newer improved phones are hitting the market with more frequency, that the rate of upgrades would be keeping pace. But according to a survey, that figure has actually declined. People currently upgrade their phones every 18 months, up from every 16 months. Several things [...]
We here at the Phonesale.com blog have panned Windows Phone 7 pretty hard. We admit it. Whether it be hardware issues, the general lack of handsets, software update snafus, or slow sales, we certainly have had plenty of ammunition. Another area where WP7 is severely trailing is in app and app development. It’s a new [...] T-Mobile is raising the prices on several of their phones. You read that right; they are raising the prices on phones. Typically when a phone has been on the market for awhile the price drops, but T-Mobile has decided to go the other direction with a couple of the earlier 4G models. Both the MyTouch [...] Over the years, Sprint has been a very Blackberry friendly network, and has only recently really started to push out some high end Android phones. It would appear, that Android will be the platform of the future for Sprint as they recently announced that 70% of their phones for sale this year will be run [...] Its official, Nokia phones will be running Windows Phone 7 moving forward. The announcement came today and really wasn’t a surprise. Steven Elop, the current Nokia CEO, is a former Microsoft executive, and rumors of a partnership have been swirling for some time. We here at PhoneSale predicted this announcement as well, and even suggested [...] For the first time in history, smartphone sales outpaced PC sales. The numbers reflect Q4 2010 sales where 100.9 million smartphones shipped compared to 92.1 million personal computers. The change in consumer behavior proves that phones are getting more and more sophisticated, and in many cases have completely replaced the functionality of computers. One of [...] Did you know that the iPhone 4 comes in white? OK. It doesn’t. But it’s supposed to. It’s been promised to Apple-philes for nearly 6 months now. But delay after delay has led to a lot of frustration, and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak buying a third party conversion kit from a high school kid in [...] Dell may not be that consistent with the operating systems they choose to put on their smartphones. But they are consistent in terms of how they plan on selling said smartphones. The Dell Venue has arrived on Dell’s website without much fanfare or hubabaloo as an unlocked cell phone. This is pretty much the exact [...] The Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is just 12 days away. It’s at this gigantic expo that virtually every cell phone manufacturer on planet earth will officially unveil the latest and greatest phones. There’s really only one exception. Apple is typically nowhere to be found at the MWC. That doesn’t mean that Apple isn’t going [...] We all know that Nokia phones have all but become irrelevant in the US as smartphones have become increasingly popular. But in terms of worldwide sales, Nokia’s Symbian operating system reigns supreme. Or at least it did until Q4 2010 rolled around. Now Google’s Android is the king of the world. Approximately 33 million Android [...]