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sellcell.com, a website that lets you compare phone values, reports that in August 2012, iPhone trade-ins rose over 800 percent from the same time in 2011. It also saw a record $8 million worth of trade-ins so far this September. This can directly be attributed to the unprecedented demand for the now confirmed iPhone 5.…
A new report from Juniper Research forecasts that global mobile messaging traffic will reach 28.2 trillion annually by 2017, which is nearly double the 14.7 trillion messages expected to be sent this year. Mobile messages — in case you wonder — comprise SMS, MMS, IM, Email, RCS/RCS-e and Social Media messages. Instant messaging services will…
Mobile ad network Millennial Media released its new Mobile Mix report, sharing which platforms and phones are most popular among its users. Here are the highlights: Apple remained the leading manufacturer on our platform with more than 31% of the impression share. The iPhone also remained the leading individual mobile phone in the network. Samsung…
A new study by Strategy Analytics looks into handset retail prices over time, suggesting that major brands have a positive impact on handset retail values. According to the research company, smartphones have a retail lifecycle of around two years by the end of which most brands have reduced product retail pricing by 34% on average,…
Google found the time to sneak in some pretty interesting numbers before Apple held the day hostage with its iPhone 5 announcement. The search giant announced an incredible milestone of 500 million Android device activations. Hugo Bara, Android’s director of product management, touted the company’s glowing achievement in a Google+ post saying, “Today is a…
RIM enthusiastically boasted toward the end of August that carriers love BlackBerry 10 so far, at least based on the progress RIM has made with the upcoming mobile OS. While the carriers’ opinions are presumably still positive, it looks like they’re being careful not to rely too heavily on it. Between the abundance of perfectly…
We’ve already talked about prospects of the smart accessory market. This time Juniper is focused on healthcare and fitness accessories, saying that these two sectors will account for half of all the smart accessory sales, which are set to reach 110 million units in 2017, up from 10 million this year. The report noted that…
One thing that has been a bit of an issue for Android as an operating system, is getting most of its phones out in the market on its latest version OS. Well, today the search giant has made tremendous progress compared to where it was a few months back. Not too long ago, Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0)…
If you’re reading IntoMobile from time to time, the chances are you’re familiar with the mobile wallet services. The good news is that this concept will soon reach the mainstream users with more and more people recognizing what it stands for and how it works. In Canada, 56% of users of mobile banking apps (nearly…
The latest Distimo Report examines which mobile social networks are doing well in which countries. The major findings are: In the past two years, the social category grew much faster than the overall app store average. The download volume among the top 100 most popular applications in the Apple App Store for iPhone in the…