T-Mobile, the company that has just introduced a brand new $30 plan for visitors over to the US, also happens to be riding on another piece of good news today – they happen to be the top phone seller over in the US across all carriers, at least for the first quarter of this year.
This might be rather surprising to some, taking into consideration how Verizon Wireless is the largest carrier in the US, and even if that were not the case, the second largest carrier, AT&T, should be the one taking such a plaudit. Apparently not, as the third largest carrier is the one that holds top spot for the first quarter of the year, at least according to Counterpoint Research.
From January through March of this year, T-Mobile (as well as its prepaid unit, MetroPCS), managed to supply 23% of the smartphones sold in the US, with Verizon being pegged just 0.8% behind, while AT&T is in third at 20.2%. Sprint holds steady at fourth with 16.7% of smartphones sold in the same quarter, while the remaining 8.6% of smartphone sales in the US in the corresponding quarter were sold by other carriers apart from the Big Four. Will T-Mobile be able to sustain its run, or is it a one-off incident? Only time will be able to tell. [Research Paper]
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