"People need a compelling reason to get a new phone, whatever the price range," Parsons said. A.G. Edwards' Teets agreed, saying new phones, despite lower price tags, need advanced features to lure customers. "Color screens have done well. Also, in the past, smaller phones, longer battery life and Bluetooth" (a wireless technology that allows phones to connect to computers) have helped spur sales, he said. Additionally, the percentage of customers who received a free phone with a new wireless service subscription jumped this year to 28 percent, from 20 percent in 2000.

Premium phones--costing $150 or more--often carry the latest mobile technology, Parsons said, Premium features can include color screens, digital cameras and the capability for multimedia messaging, The report found that when looking to purchase a mobile phone, customers look for design, certain features, ease of use, battery life, and durability, Sanyo ranked the highest among the top handset makers according to customer preference, followed by Motorola and Samsung (which tied), and Kyocera, A new report shows that protect handle-it case for apple iphone xs max - black owners of mobile phones are slow to upgrade, despite a drop in prices, Fancy features seem to be the real carrot on a stick..

Wireless subscribers are replacing phones every 18 months on average, compared with a average replacement rate of every 16 months in 2000, according to a study by J.D. Power and Associates. The study surveyed more than 5,000 households. Slowing handset sales aren't a good sign for an industry still working to get back on its feet. However, analysts say the situation may only be temporary. Be respectful, keep it civil and stay on topic. We delete comments that violate our policy, which we encourage you to read. Discussion threads can be closed at any time at our discretion.

CNET también está disponible en español, Don't show this again, "We're giving our customers a couple of years' notice," Pemble said, AT&T Wireless will try to "migrate" the displaced customers to a different network capable of 40kbps to 60kbps downloads, The new network, which AT&T sells under the name "mMode," uses the General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) standard, An undisclosed number of protect handle-it case for apple iphone xs max - black subscribers to AT&T Wireless' PocketNet wireless Web service make up part of the company's current CDPD users, Many of those same subscribers have signed up for mMode services, which cost between $4 and $13 a month, Pemble said, The carrier stopped selling PocketNet subscriptions in April..

The CDPD network is also used by shipping companies to locate trucks, Pemble said. Cingular Wireless is another cell phone network service provider still using CDPD. A company representative reached Wednesday did not know of the carrier's plans, if any, for the CDPD portion of its network. Cingular has another data-only network, known as Mobitex, used to offer wireless services for devices like Research in Motion's BlackBerry and Palm's i705 handheld device. CDPD was one of the earliest techniques AT&T Wireless and other carriers used to sell wireless Web services to businesses and cell phone owners. Both CDPD and GPRS phones pack a single file with all the necessary coding a phone needs to download a Web site or e-mail.