Shiny object! iPhone top smart phone of July

We’re filing this one under: “Yeah, that makes total sense.” It appears that the iPhone — get this — outsold all other smart phones in the month of July. Which, incidentally, was essentially the month it was released. Beyond being the top smart phone, it also accounted for 1.8 percent of all mobile phone sales during the month. iSuppli, the company that conducted the survey, claims that this is “a remarkable accomplishment for Apple, considering that July marked the first full month of sales for the iPhone.” We kind of think the opposite — it’s expected to sell the best right after release, with sales gradually waning as the novelty wears off. But that’s just us. iSuppli expects Apple to ship 4.5 million iPhones this year — many of them likely coming around the holidays. They further forecast that 30 million units will have been sold by 2011. With estimates of U.S. cell phone subscriptions at around 70 million, that seems like an aggressive forecast. However, 1) mobile phone users will likely total near or over 100 million by 2011, 2) many of those sales will be repeat ones, following the second and possibly third generation models, and 3) the iPhone will hit the worldwide market around November. This makes a 30 million forecast less unrealistic. Some other fun bits uncovered by iSuppli: 57 percent of iPhones were sold to people 35 years of age or younger. That does not count those over the age of 35 who bought the phone as a gift for those under 35. The sex split was almost even, with 52 percent of iPhone purchasers being men. About 25 percent of buyers switched to AT&T from another carrier, which means that 25 percent of iPhone owners are pissed off at their new service. And finally, 62 percent of buyers had a four-year college degree. We were really hot on the iPhone for a while, but cooled as time passed. In fact, we were pretty sick of the hype by the release date. And after using one, we’re even less impressed. Maybe it will be better once AT&T has more 3G service, but no one is exaggerating when they talk about how slow EDGE is. So, who’s ready to see an iPhone customer satisfaction survey? [iSuppli] via [Macworld]]]>