AT&T activated 3.6 M iPhones in Q2 2011

AT&T said it was not concerned about the Verizon iPhone and its Q2 2011 earnings suggest this confidence was not misplaced. In the last three months, AT&T activated 3.6 million iPhones and 24% of these activations were for new customers, not renewals. iPhone subscriber churn was down slightly, suggesting there was no mass exodus of AT&T iPhone owners to Verizon.

Similar to other carriers, AT&T is experiencing a smartphone explosion. AT&T sold 5.6 million smartphones, a 43% year over year increase. The iPhone accounts for about 60% of this growing number, while the remaining 40% include BlackBerry, Android and Windows Phone devices. AT&T reportedly activated two million Android handsets last quarter, a number this respectable but not high enough to topple leader Apple. AT&T's postpaid business was the main beneficiary of this growing interest in smartphones. Almost 70% of its postpaid sales are now smartphones, not feature phones.

On the Apple side of the coin, AT&T accounted for almost 18% of Apple's Q3 2011 iPhone sales. The Cupertino company confirmed earlier this week that it shipped 20 million iPhone units last quarter and 3.6 million of these phones landed in the hands of AT&T customers.

[Via ZDNet's Between the Lines]