Leave a BlackBerry For Motorola Droid
Operator Verizon began to open his store to market the Motorola handsets Droid. The handset is considered by many observers as a real threat to Apple’s iPhone.
“This is a mini computer, which is also able to call,” said Geoffrey Fuller, who arrived 15 minutes before the opening of the Verizon store in the Westwood area of Los Angeles, USA. “I think this will be a strong competitor iPhone.”
Boo Fisher also bought Droid Westwood store. Previously he has LG Voyager and replace it with Droid. “I do not want Apple products,” he said. “They attract a high price from a simplicity.”
Droid is the first handset that uses Android operating system, the latest 2.0 version. Handsets were sold U.S. $ 200 after a discount of U.S. $ 100 with a two-year Verizon Wireless service contract. Besides Verizon store, the phone is also sold at Best Buy and Wal-Mart.
Avian Securities analyst Matthew Thornton expert 800 thousand mobile phones can be sold Droid December 31. While Sprint Nextel to sell about 700 thousand Palm Pre in the first three months of the smart phone release. While Apple sold 1.1 million iPhones in the first three months, in the year 2007.
Motorola needs to have a hit. Market researcher iSuppli said that Motorola has 5.4% global market share on June 30, down from 22.5% three years ago.
“Droid potential as a game changer for Motorola,” said iSuppli analyst Tina Teng said in a statement.
Seven handset manufacturers have licensed Android, including Samsung, LG Electronics, Sony Ericsson and HTC. Market share Android mobile operating system will increase to 9% in 2013 from 2.4% in the second quarter, according to iSuppli estimates