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The iPhone 3G has enough power to lure people over from other carriers. Nearly a third of iPhone users abandoned their mobile providers for AT&T in order to get their hands on the 3G, some new research shows. So can T-Mobile's upcoming G1 Android-based device come anywhere close to replicating that magic? iPhone Inspiration The numbers, released Monday by the NPD Group, indicate 30 percent of iPhone 3G owners made carrier switches in the first three months following the phone's launch. The vast majority -- 47 percent -- came from Verizon. Nearly a quarter jumped from T-Mobile, and 19 percent left Sprint behind. All together, the defections shot the iPhone into the top-selling smartphone spot, at 17 percent of the U.S. market. It's now the second-highest overall selling phone in America, trailing behind only the Motorola RAZR... [read full story]
