PC Magazine - 2009 11.pdf - Libertad Zero
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OVERALL Score†REQUIRES TECHNICALSUPPORTTECHNICALSUPPORTREQUIRES REPAIRREPAIRSLIKELIHOOD OF BEINGPURCHASEDVERIZON WIRELESS (CONTRACT)Blackberry/Research7.9 40% d — 18% — 8.3 bin Motion (114 responses)Verizon Wireless (53) 7.7 19% — 11% — 7.9LG (404) 7.7 12% a 6.5 8% b — 7.9Samsung (132) 7.6 11% b — 8% — 7.7Motorola (244) 7.4 c 18% — 15% — 7.4 cAVERAGE 7.7 20% 6.5 12% — 7.8TRACFONE (PREPAID)Motorola (92 responses) 7.7 11% — 1% — 8.1* At least 2 confidence intervals from the average.** 1 confidence interval from the average.† Overall score is based on answers to the question “Overall, how would you rate this desktop <strong>PC</strong>?”It is not the average of the other scores in the table.Except for numbers indicated by a percentage, scores are based on a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 is best.A dash indicates that we do not have enough survey data to give the company a score.In the individual printer types, Canon dominateswherever it plays: ink jets, ink jet allin-ones(AIOs), and photo printers. Brotherand HP run neck and neck in monochromelaser printers. HP leads only in one category,color lasers, where the competition (Dell andSamsung) are not exactly household names.Well, HP also rules color laser AIO printersand photo AIOs, but that’s by virtue of havingsuch a huge market share that it was theonly vendor to make the cut in those categories.Its scores there were quite good.Cellular PhonesREADERS’ CHOICEApple Despite its problems, the iPhone isthe most beloved phone among our readers—handsdown.Our readers’ love affair with theApple iPhone abides, as it wasthe only phone brand they ratedsignificantly better than average,making it the clear Readers’ Choice with anNOVEMBER <strong>2009</strong> <strong>PC</strong> MAGAZINE DIGITAL EDITION 61