Monday, November 7, 2011

The fastest phones this year...

Are all Androids.

Windows Phone doesn't support / have LTE, WiMax / HSPA+ 42Mbps.  Neither does the iPhone nor Blackberry.  You might see WP7.5 Mango, iPhone and Blackberry phones advertised as 4G, but that's HSDPA / HSUPA 14Mbps on AT&T and T-Mobile -- not the fastest phones on each platform.

AT&T has an LTE version of the Samsung Galaxy S-II Rocket and the HTC Vivid.
T-Mobile has HSPA+ 42Mbps Samsung Galaxy S-II and the HTC Amaze.
Sprint has 9 different WiMax phones ranging from the Samsung Galaxy S-II Epic 4G Touch to the Nexus S 4G and the HTC Evo 4G.
Verizon's got 9 LTE phones including the new Motorola Droid Razr and Samsung Droid Charge.

This may seem like a bit of a stretch, but despite the iPhone 4S popularity in the media, I think Android will rapidly suck in first-time buyers this holiday season.  I can visualize people walking into the store asking for the fastest phones, and the sales people will respond quite simply: Android.  By the end of this year, Android will have captured 50% of the US smartphone market, and all because of a simple question: what's the fastest phone?

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