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To: sylvester80 who wrote (11519)	10/22/2011 2:08:11 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 32692

Sylly, if you want to argue with the numbers I posted, talk to Verizon. The math is simple, and I'm using numbers from Verizon. 5.6 million smartphones sold. 2 million were iPhones, leaving 3.7 million mostly split between RIM and Android. Android having the far larger share, of course. 1.4 million 4G LTE devices sold. In the conference call, they said "just over half" of those were phones. Let's be generous and call it 55% 4G phones, with the rest being USB modems or WiFi hotspots. That's 770,000 4G Android phones. So the total number of smartphones sold that were not 4G Android phones is 4,830,000. (5.6 million minus 770,000). This tells us two things. One, the total number of 3G phones sold by Verizon was far greater than the number of 4G phones. Two, even among Android buyers, the majority picked up 3G devices. Again, the numbers I'm using come from Verizon. If you have a problem with them, don't complain to me. PS: Your claim that a majority of new post-paid subscribers chose 4G devices is correct. My claim that a majority of the Android phones sold were 3G is also correct. New post-paid subscribers are only one segment of Verizon's customer base, by the way. There are also sales to existing subscribers who are upgrading, and through wholesale channels.