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Insider Scoop - Popular phones from Opera Mini users

October 21, 2008 · by Nuno

Every month, our State of the Mobile Web report is packed with information about what people do with Opera Mini. But there are always some pieces of information that we don't include in the report. One interesting piece of information is what phones are popular among Opera Mini users.

As a part of this Insider Scoop we are publishing the most used phones by Opera Mini users and the top phones used to download Opera Mini last month. This information gives a cool perspective on what models have been popular in the last months and what are the latest best-selling phones.

This is not a scientific exercise, but with over 19 million unique users of Opera Mini, it gives an insight into what is popular.

Highlights:

  • Nokia and Sony Ericsson dominate the list and are clearly the most popular brands among Opera Mini users.
  • Opera Mini is popular with Blackberry users, when compared with the Blackberry global market share they rank very high among Opera Mini users.
  • Opera Mini seems to be popular both in mid/low end phones as well on so-called smartphones. It seems that, regardless of whether you pay $10 or $300 for your phone, you still want "the Internet"
  • The only model on the top 25 that is not from Nokia, Sony Ericsson or a Blackberry is the Samsung E250. No Motorola phones appear in the top 25... looks like those pink RAZRs are not so popular anymore.

Every month, our State of the Mobile Web report is packed with information about what people do with Opera Mini. But there are always some pieces of information that we don't include in the report. One interesting piece of information is what phones are popular among Opera Mini users.

As a part of this Insider Scoop we are publishing the most used phones by Opera Mini users and the top phones used to download Opera Mini last month. This information gives a cool perspective on what models have been popular in the last months and what are the latest best-selling phones.

This is not a scientific exercise, but with over 19 million unique users of Opera Mini, it gives an insight into what is popular.

Highlights:

  • Nokia and Sony Ericsson dominate the list and are clearly the most popular brands among Opera Mini users.
  • Opera Mini is popular with Blackberry users, when compared with the Blackberry global market share they rank very high among Opera Mini users.
  • Opera Mini seems to be popular both in mid/low end phones as well on so-called smartphones. It seems that, regardless of whether you pay $10 or $300 for your phone, you still want "the Internet"
  • The only model on the top 25 that is not from Nokia, Sony Ericsson or a Blackberry is the Samsung E250. No Motorola phones appear in the top 25... looks like those pink RAZRs are not so popular anymore.
Most popular in usage
  1. Nokia 6300
  2. Nokia N73
  3. Nokia N70
  4. Sony Ericsson K750i
  5. Nokia 6233
  6. RIM (Blackberry generic)
  7. Sony Ericsson K790i
  8. Sony Ericsson K550i
  9. Sony Ericsson W810i
  10. Nokia 6120c
  11. Sony Ericsson K800i
  12. Nokia 5310 XpressMusic
  13. Nokia 5300
  14. Nokia 7610
  15. Sony Ericsson W200i
  16. Nokia 3110c
  17. Sony Ericsson K810i
  18. Nokia 3250
  19. Nokia 6600
  20. Nokia N72
  21. Samsung E250
  22. Nokia 6500s
  23. Nokia N95
  24. Sony Ericsson W580i
  25. Nokia 3230
Most used to download
  1. Nokia N70
  2. Nokia N73
  3. Nokia 6300
  4. Nokia 6233
  5. Nokia 3110c
  6. Sony Ericsson K750i
  7. Nokia 6600
  8. Blackberry 8330
  9. Samsung E250
  10. Blackberry 8310
  11. Nokia 5300
  12. Nokia 7610
  13. Sony Ericsson K800i
  14. Sony Ericsson K550i
  15. Sony Ericsson W200i
  16. Nokia 3230
  17. Nokia 5200
  18. Sony Ericsson W810i
  19. Nokia 6630
  20. Nokia N72
  21. Nokia 2626
  22. Nokia 6030
  23. Nokia 3500
  24. Sony Ericsson W580i
  25. Blackberry 8100

Readers' comments 6

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  • Tamil21. October 2008, 20:14

    My model is also in the list.

  • Dane21. October 2008, 20:50

    It seems that, regardless of whether you pay $10 or $300 for your phone, you still want "the Internet"

    What is this "the internet" thingy i keep hearing about? Is it true you can find naked ladies there?

  • Yeni Setiawan21. October 2008, 21:16

    My cellphone (SE M600i) isn't in the list :D

  • charly8022. October 2008, 00:30

    Samsung a736 (same a737) ins't in the list. :rolleyes:
    I have a quuestión: wath goin to do Opera whit the compettion of the new and execelent movil browser Skyfire? Is Opera working to give to user the same potential of have flash (youtube video for example) and the rest of features that Skyfire can give right now? ??? :left:

  • theoddbod22. October 2008, 06:57

    SkyFire is smartphones only, a different and much smaller market. And i doubt it's usable without a 3G connection anyway, ruling out even more users. SkyFire is better compared to Opera Mobile in my view, not Mini.

  • Joe23. October 2008, 12:27

    Skyfire?

    Opera Mobile already supports Flash.

    And it isn't as slow and laggy as Skyfire.

About this article

Published inChoose Opera
DateOctober 21, 2008
AuthorNuno
Tagsmotorola, nokia, BlackBerry, browser, samsung, mobile web report, opera mini, top, mini, mobile, sonyericsson, android
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