i am looking for a listing of the most popular cell phone models in
the U.S. for the Year 2005 and/or 2006. the listing should include the
manufacturer, the model, and ideally the number of units sold.

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 12 Sep 2006 09:36 PDT

db2006,

I can provide you with the following information for the U.S. cell
phone market for the third quarter 2005.

- Unit sales and market share by manufacturer

- The five  top selling cell phones ( manufacturer and model)

Would this information work for you?

Thanks, 
Bobbie7

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Clarification of Question by db2006-ga on 12 Sep 2006 09:56 PDT

Thanks for the fast reply, Bobbie7, but I am already familiar with
that report. The idea was to get down to the next level of detail.

Maybe it would help to further limit the question. If finding this
detail for the U.S. in general is too difficult because of market
size, would it help to limit the question to the most popular cell
phone models used by the youth segment, say ages 16 to 25 or 30?

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 12 Sep 2006 10:02 PDT

Thank you for the clarification. I'll see if I can locate the youth segment data.

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 12 Sep 2006 10:05 PDT

Does this NY Times article help?

Cellphones: Most Popular
http://tech.nytimes.com/top/news/technology/products/cellphones/popular.html

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Clarification of Question by db2006-ga on 12 Sep 2006 10:55 PDT

The NYT article is nice, but it doesn't reflect market share/unit
sales stats. Looks like the popularity is only defined by how many
users wrote a positive evaluation - similar to what you get in product
reviews on amazon.com.

let me add to my question the reason i am asking it. maybe that helps, too.

i have an idea for a softare application that is to run on cell
phones. the target market includees teenagers and other youngsters
that use cell phones for everything from chatting, to sms, to
downloading ring tones and playing games.

the software app is costly to develop and test on many different
platforms, and hence i want to limit my effort to building demos only
for the most popular phones on the market. as you know, these phones
are very expensive if buying without a calling plan.

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 12 Sep 2006 15:04 PDT

Hello again db2006,

Wirefly?s most-popular cell phones are:

1. Motorola RAZR V3 (Camera Phone)
2. Motorola E815 (Video and Camera Phone)
3. Samsung PM-A740 (Camera Phone)
4. Motorola V330 (Video and Camera Phone)
5. Audiovox 8910 (Camera Phone)
6. Motorola V220 (Camera Phone)
7. Motorola i850 (Camera Phone)
8. Motorola i710
9. Motorola V188
10. Motorola V260

http://www.wirefly.net/articles/1105/1105-top-ten-cellphones.htm

Does this list work?

Bobbie7

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 12 Sep 2006 15:09 PDT

And here are the 10 most shopped for cell phones.

http://www.about-nokia.com/blog/index.php?itemid=195&catid=7

Does this ranking suit your purpose?

Bobbie7

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 12 Sep 2006 15:12 PDT

And yet another list.....

Top-Selling Cell Phones 
August 15, 2005
Wireless Week

 
Motorola RAZR V3 
palmOne Treo 650 
Motorola V330 
Motorola V551 
Sony Ericsson P910a 
Nokia 6230 
Motorola V710 
T-Mobile Sidekick II 
Samsung E315 
Motorola i860 
Source: Amazon.com Electronics store

Five of Motorola's devices were among the top-selling mobile phones
online at Amazon.com's Electronics store in July.
http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/CA634890.html?spacedesc=Departments

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 13 Sep 2006 21:31 PDT

Hello again db2006,

Did you get a chance to check out the lists I provided?

Do any of them work for you?

Bobbie7

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Clarification of Question by db2006-ga on 14 Sep 2006 07:55 PDT

Hi Bobbie7,

Just saw your notes. I guess getting the detail that I was looking for
is not as easy as I thought. I appreciate your lists, but I'd say we
are only half-way there. If you can find a similar listing of the most
popular phones for the youth market I will accept your answer and be
done with it. Aternatively, I'd like to wait a little longer for some
additional folks to get a chance to reply to my post.

Thanks,
Dee

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 14 Sep 2006 07:56 PDT

Hi Dee!

I'll keep on searching and if I locate more relevant lists I'll let you know. 

Best regards, 
Bobbie7