If you’re a smartphone manufacturer that wants to perform well in the US market, there’s one key ingredient your phone needs. No, it’s not the latest chip or an OLED display. In fact, it has little to do with the phone itself. Okay, okay, enough teasing. We’re talking about carrier support. The vast majority of Americans buy their phones from one of the three major carriers: Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T, and if your phone isn’t on them, for most people it might as well not exist.
