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April 30th, 2009

Apple's iPhone dials up J.D. Power smartphone win

Posted by Larry Dignan @ 12:11 pm

Categories: Apple, Mobile, Motorola, Wired & Wireless, iPhone

Tags: Apple iPhone, J.D. Power Associates, Smart Phone, Battery, Apple Inc., Engineering, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

J.D. Power on Thursday crowned Apple’s iPhone as top dog in overall satisfaction, but the device tanked when it came to battery life satisfaction. 

In the overall satisfaction category, the iPhone edged out LG with a score of 791 to 772. The rest of the pack was bunched in the middle. Let’s roll the charts (statement, Techmeme):

Overall satisfaction for smartphones:

Breakdown by category (see the iPhone’s battery disappointment):

And the mobile phone category:

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I have to admit
I was surprised by that one too - I use a blackberry for work, I own a 3G iPhone, and prior to the iPhone I used a PPC-6700 running WM 6.1 (via rom hacks). I've played with some treos and I was not im... (Read the rest)
Posted by: athynz Posted on: 05/01/09 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
if the iPhone was an old rotary phone...  Linux Geek | 04/30/09
Why is it  athynz | 05/01/09
RE: Apple's iPhone dials up J.D. Power smartphone win  dheady@... | 04/30/09
RIM Blackberry Rating?? 5th!  bubbatex | 04/30/09
I have to admit  athynz | 05/01/09
How JD power Weighted the Survey  Davewrite | 04/30/09
Erm...  SimonUK2 | 04/30/09
RE: Apple's iPhone dials up J.D. Power smartphone win  jtiner | 04/30/09
Look for a jtiner phone near you!  mlindl | 04/30/09
Surprised LG's up there, and where's Nokia's smartphone listing?  Li1t | 05/01/09

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