Smartphone sales pick up steam in U.S., Prices Drop
March 3, 2009
Roughly 23% of all handsets sold in the U.S. during the fourth quarter were smartphones. But as sales soared, prices for these advanced phones dropped. In fact, the average price of a smartphone during the quarter dropped by 23% from $216 in the fourth quarter of 2007 to $167 during the fourth quarter of 2008,