Interesting post from the Banjo Payment blog (all emphasis added by me):

The research firm NPD Group have just announced a new survey that shows smartphone sales in the USA grew by 47% in Q2 and accounted for 28% of all handset sales. That’s a number big enough to make anyone selling to mobile take note – it’s more than a quarter of all your customers. And it’s not all Apple iPhones either – the report goes on to reveal that 35% of handsets shipped with keyboards rather than touch screens [e.g. 65% shipped with touch screens -- dpj] pointing to Blackberry, Google Android and Windows Mobile phones. Samsung and LG are highlighted as top selling manufacturers in the report.

Interestingly, feature phones made up a massive 72% of phone sales during Q2. These devices may be more traditional in design but they deliver a great web browsing experience and many of the features found in the more expensive smartphones, such as Wifi and GPS. So while Apple is doing a great job building excitement and consumer demand, many of those consumers are simply getting the features they need through their favorite phone manufacturer…

Catch that? Almost three quarters of mobile phones sold last quarter in the US can browse the web!