During the Windows Mobile talk at CntrStg @ CES, Greg Sullivan mentioned that there are 11 phones that have sold in excess of 1 million units. That’s a pretty impressive achievement. I was curious to know more about these 11 devices. Like, how many are touch screen vs non-touch screen? And what manufacturers have made the best selling devices. I’m sure you can guess some of the devices and companies that made it to the list. But I wanted to know them all. Thankfully, Greg provided me with a list of all the devices that have reached the 1 Million+ milestone.
The following list is in no particular order. Other than some minor formatting changes, it’s exactly how I received it.
■Samsung Omnia (SGH-i900/908/SCH-i910/M490)
■Samsung Blackjack II (SGH-i617)
■Samsung Blackjack (SGH-i607/600)
■Motorola Q
■HTC Touch Diamond (Diamond/Diamond-C)
■Audiovox SMT 5600 (HTC)
■HTC Dash (Excalibur)
■HTC xv6800 (Titan)
■HTC TyTN II (Tilt/Kaiser)
■HTC Touch (Elf/Vogue)
■HTC P800W (Artemis)
There’s a total of 4 different manufacturers on the list, 3 if you consider that the Audiovox device was made by HTC. Of the top 11 best selling Windows Mobile devices, 7 are from HTC including the Audiovox device, 3 from Samsung and 1 from Motorola. Further, there are 6 Windows Mobile Pro devices (touch screen) and 5 Windows Mobile Standard (non-touch) devices. And of those non-touch screen devices, 4 out of 5 are messenger style devices - that’s devices with a front facing QWERTY. Another interesting fact is that 7 out of 11, or just over 63% of these devices have a QWERTY on them.
I really have to wonder if the current trend by carriers and manufacturers to focus on iPhone like devices is such a smart move. With QWERTY being so predominate on the top selling devices, and over 45% of the top selling devices are non-touch screen, there is a definite trend of successful non-iphone like devices. I hope the manufacturers and carriers can see past the iPhone and work towards being original and different once again.
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