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US Smartphone Promotions Tracker and Index, Week 33

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August 21, 2026

Overview

The Weekly USA Smartphone Promotions Tracker monitors pricing and discount activity in the smartphone promotional landscape, covering major postpaid and prepaid carriers. It tracks every smartphone available at each carrier and identifies the key characteristics of each promotion. These characteristics are represented in the Promotion Index Score, a metric that quantifies the terms of each promotion.

What the Full Report Will Cover

  • The weekly tracker covers smartphone pricing and promotional data in 13 channels, including prepaid and postpaid carriers.


Who Should Read This

  • Strategy or procurement teams of smartphone OEMs, carriers, and component manufacturers.


Key Questions the Report Answers

  • Promotional intensity of each OEM, carrier, down to the individual model.
  • Which OEMs are more heavily favored in promotions per carrier.
  • Promotional structure of new smartphone launches.
  • Shifts in promotion terms such as trade-ins, new line, or upgrade requirements.



Category

Industry

Smartphone

Service

USA

Report Type

Report

Time Period

Weekly

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Author

George Lesniak

Research Analyst at Counterpoint Research | Specialize in Mobile Handsets and Wearables | Business Administration Graduate from CSU | Certified in Market Research and Data Analytics