Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Top Selling Windows Mobile Devices of All Time

Articles Written by: Mike Temporale on Saturday, January 31, 2009 9:30am

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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4 Responses to “Top Selling Windows Mobile Devices of All Time”

  1. tw on February 2nd, 2009 1:36 pm
    tw

    Are these numbers for the whole planet or US only?

  2. Mike Temporale on February 2nd, 2009 1:40 pm
    Mike Temporale

    @tw – these devices have reached worldwide sales greater than 1 million.

    Also, to be clear on the Moto Q, this makes up all of the different versions of the Q.

  3. Peter Temporale on February 3rd, 2009 10:02 am
    ThePeter

    I only spent a little time with the iPhone while at the Fido booth, but i can see why it’s so popular. They did a good job of making something pretty slick looking. Sure, it has it’s flaws (like the lack of a “back” button when you’re done doing something, and the keyboard was difficult to use because i kept hitting other letters), but it’s not hard to see why it’s so popular. I’d like to try out a Touch Diamond one day as a comparison.

  4. Mike Temporale on February 4th, 2009 1:41 pm
    Mike Temporale

    The Diamond and the Omnia are the newest devices on the list. Both of which were released around the end of summer / start of fall last year.

    If you ask me, getting a million units sold in that time frame is pretty impressive. Both of those devices are worth checking out, IMHO.

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