Comments on: Browsing the Mobile Web: Anyone Out There? http://www.thatcanadiangirl.co.uk/blog/2009/04/07/browsing-the-mobile-web-anyone-out-there/ Tech, community & life Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:02:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Terence Eden http://www.thatcanadiangirl.co.uk/blog/2009/04/07/browsing-the-mobile-web-anyone-out-there/#comment-23929 Terence Eden Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:01:34 +0000 http://www.thatcanadiangirl.co.uk/?p=1720#comment-23929 This is something I've been banging on about for ages. There are >60 Million mobile users in the UK. iPhone has sold ~10 Million (~7 million active). The Nokia 5800 just blew through ~14 million devices. The basic Nokia 6300 is one of the biggest selling "new" devices. Yet all the hype and attention goes to the iPhone. The iPhone has a very good browsing experience (not the best IMO) but - crucially - it comes with a flat rate data tariff. That and the integrated nature of data services drives its usage. But in terms of sheer usage - there are more RAZRs out there using the Mobile Internet than iPhones. In these strained economic times, I don't see many of them splashing the cash on upgrading to a superior device. [Not speaking on behalf of my current employer, Vodafone]. This is something I’ve been banging on about for ages. There are >60 Million mobile users in the UK. iPhone has sold ~10 Million (~7 million active). The Nokia 5800 just blew through ~14 million devices. The basic Nokia 6300 is one of the biggest selling “new” devices.

Yet all the hype and attention goes to the iPhone.

The iPhone has a very good browsing experience (not the best IMO) but – crucially – it comes with a flat rate data tariff. That and the integrated nature of data services drives its usage.

But in terms of sheer usage – there are more RAZRs out there using the Mobile Internet than iPhones. In these strained economic times, I don’t see many of them splashing the cash on upgrading to a superior device.

[Not speaking on behalf of my current employer, Vodafone].

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