What devices do tech journalists use?
AMD held a global press event in Abu Dhabi yesterday where some of the finest tech journalists from all over the world were invited. In this company of approximately fifty journalists, I thought it might be a good idea to find out which mobile phones these uber geeks use on a daily basis.
I didn’t get a chance to talk to all of them, but the following table lists everyone I asked- and me. Following the table, there is a brief commentary on the results. The data is grouped by the country. Other than that, it was simply in the order of the business cards in front of me.
| Name of Journalist |
Publication/Website |
Country |
Preferred Smartphone(s) |
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| John Gillooly |
PC & Tech Authority |
Australia |
HTC Magic (Android) |
| Luis Felipe Castillo |
CHW |
Chile |
Nokia N95 |
| Christo van Gemert |
Connect |
South Africa |
iPhone 4 |
| Don Woligroski |
Tom’s Hardware |
Germany |
HTC Touch Diamond, iPhone 4 |
| Florian Mussig |
c’t |
Germany |
iPhone 4 |
| Arnt Kugler |
Chip Online |
Germany |
HTC Desire, Samsung Galaxy S II |
| Paolo Cosini |
Hardware Upgrade |
Italy |
iPhone 4 |
| Juan Carlos |
PC Actual |
Spain |
iPhone 4 |
| Dan Grabham |
Tech Radar |
UK |
iPhone 4 |
| Dmitry Laptev |
iXBT |
Russia |
Nokia E52 |
| Ecevit Bıktım |
Shift delete |
Turkey |
iPhone 3GS |
| Recep Balfas |
Chip Magazine |
Turkey |
LG GT540 (Android) |
| Scott Wasson |
The Tech Report |
USA |
iPhone 4 |
| Charlie Demerjian |
SemiAccurate |
USA |
HTC G1 |
| Ryan Shrout |
PC Perspective |
USA |
HTC Evo |
| Nathan Kirsch |
Legit Reviews |
USA |
Motorola Atrix 4G |
| Anand Lal Shimpi |
AnandTech |
USA |
iPhone 4, Motorola Atrix |
| John Burek |
Computer Shopper |
USA |
BlackBerry Bold 9700 |
| Abbas Jaffar Ali (me!) |
tbreak media |
UAE |
BlackBerry Torch 9800, iPhone 4 |
| Cheon SangGu |
K-Bench |
Korea |
iPhone 3GS |
| Nebojsa Novakovic |
The Inquirer |
Singapore |
ASUS Garmin |
| Jimmy Tang |
Hardware Magazine |
Singapore |
iPhone 3GS |
| Minjie Sun |
PCPOP |
China |
iPhone 4 |
| Li Wang |
CBSi ZOL |
China |
Nokia 6515 |
| Zhuangzhi Zhou |
PCHome |
China |
Nokia 5230 |
| Hou Ergang |
SequeMedia |
China |
iPhone 4 |
So there you have it. Out of the 26 tech journalists on that list, half of them have an iPhone with the iPhone 4 being the most popular device amongst uber geeks from China to USA. No surprises there. HTC came in second as a vendor with five journalists carrying one of their products, right above Nokia with four devices (which was a bit surprising.) Other than that, there were two BlackBerry devices and two Motorola devices and one of each from LG, ASUS and Samsung.
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