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To: Eric L who wrote (1355)	5/3/2012 12:11:57 PM
From: pyslent	Respond to of 1647

I'll have to redo my calculations, but their smartphone sales number for Sprint seems low. I had calculated 4 million smartphone sales at Sprint, of which Apple's 1.5 million in sales would not represent a majority. Off the top of my head, I believe Sprint stated postpaid gross adds were 1.8 million, plus upgrades were at 7%, and they did give the smartphone mix of total handset sales (86% sounds right).

To: Eric L who wrote (1355)	5/3/2012 9:46:25 PM
From: sylvester80	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1647

70% of AT&T's iphones were upgrades. Not new users, just upgrades. The people that I know that have iPhones every year get the new model. I don't know if they are insane or in some cult, but I do know that every year they end up with the latest version. I have no idea what they have done with the other 4 previous models but I would guess they are probably in some drawer. The point is that NPD's numbers count users and what phone they use via a statistical survey. The numbers from the carriers count units, not users. Comparing the two is like comparing apples and oranges.