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Tablets increasing share of UK mobile advertising market

Categories: Research, Tablets
By: , IntoMobile
Thursday, November 1st, 2012 at 5:33 AM

With 74.1% share, smartphones remain the dominant device in mobile advertising impressions in the UK. However, tablet usage is increasing rapidly with an overall share of 18.9%.

According to data from the InMobi mobile advertising network from July 2012 to September 2012, Apple’s iPhone (27.9% impression share) continues to be the most popular single handset on the market. At the same time, the iPad’s share of impressions continues to rise and is now accounting for 11% of all impressions, a 43% increase from Q2.

InMobi’s figures suggest that Apple remains the top manufacturer in the UK with both RIM and HTC falling behind their competitor; Samsung grew 16% QoQ in Q3.

While the mobile web continues to rule at 70% share of total advertising impressions, it has decreased from 76% in Q1 and 72% in Q2, as ad impressions on mobile apps get rolled out.

It is estimated that there are 5.87 million tablets in UK and likely to increase to just over 10 million by 2013.

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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.