Carrier AT&T just posted its calendar 2012 second quarter earnings, hours ahead ofApple’s conference callafter the close of trading today at 2pm Pacific, 5pm Eastern. AT&T activated 3.7 million iPhones, 22 percent to new customers. The figure represents 77 percent of AT&T’s total postpaid device sales and about 55 percent of its total phone sales to contract customers, but also a 14 percent quarter-over-quarter drop in iPhone sales…
This compares to the 3.6 million iPhones AT&T activated in the year-ago quarter and the4.3 million iPhonesin the first quarter representing 78 percent of all smartphones sold.
According to amedia release:
Verizon last week revealed it activated2.7 million iPhones, representing 45 percent of smartphones the network sold to customers, a 16 percent quarter-over-quarter decline.
Verizon numbers are also down compared to the 4 .3 million iPhones and a 55 percent share recorded during the holiday quarter, a 50 percent share in Q1 2012 when the company activated3.2 million iPhonesand the 2.4 million iPhones activated in Q2 2011.
Swirling rumorsof a next-generation iPhone are once again causing sales to dip across carriers as customers put their purchases on hold in anticipation of a hardware refresh.
Apple will webcasttoday’s earnings which will be available via QuickTime, beginning on July 24 at 2pm Pacific. We’ll be tuning in to the conference call and report back with any important pieces of information.
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