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Saturday, March 05, 2016

Unsurprising: The End Of Subsidized Smartphones Means U.S. Smartphone Sales Are Down

Do you have a smartphone? Do you like your smartphone and want to keep it going as long as possible? Now that U.S. carriers have quit giving us new free phones every 18 months to two years, smartphone users here have come to realize that the devices do not, in fact, cost $0-$200, and maybe we should keep using them for longer. Some recent sales data shows that smartphone sales are down here, and it’s not hard to figure out why. 

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Over a 1 billion dollar program going to the 4 major telecoms a perfect example of corporate welfare courtesy of your elected officials paid for by the you the taxpayer.