Best Sellers

Here are the current best-selling cell phones updated on a monthly basis:

Blackberry Curve

1. Blackberry Curve – 13%
Introduced mid-2007, the Curve continues to outperform other devices, in part due to its low price of $79.99 with a two-year service plan.

Apple iPhone

2. Apple iPhone – 8.3%
Apple’s third-edition iPhone remains the clear winner through AT&T, the only authorized U.S. seller of the device.

Blackberry Storm

3. Blackberry Storm – 7.6%
Though the Storm has met with mixed reviews, and RIM has yet to release official sales figures, published reports say half a million units were sold in the device’s first month on the market.

LG Voyager

4. LG Voyager – 7%
Price cuts on LG’s Voyager, like the EnV2, helped LG achieve share gains in January.

LG Dare

5. LG Dare – 6.7%
Sold through Verizon Wireless, the LG Dare has held one of the top spots since July.

Blackberry Bold

6. Blackberry Bold – 6.5%
Launched in November, the Bold is the second-best seller through AT&T, after the Apple iPhone.

Samsung Instinct

7. Samsung Instinct – 4.5%
Another Samsung phone sold via Sprint, the Instinct has held one of the top 10 spots since June 2008.

Samsung Rant

8. Samsung Rant – 4.3%
Samsung’s share of sales held steady in January, thanks in part to demand for the Rant, sold through Sprint Nextel.

LG EnV2

9. LG EnV2 – 4.1%
Sold through Verizon Wireless, the joint venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone Group, LG’s EnV2 got a boost after price reductions.

HTC G1

10. HTC G1 – 4%
HTC benefited from popularity of the G1, the first phone boasting the Google backed Android operating system, on sale through Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile USA.