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Here we go. In something similar to a Rolling Stones song, users find themselves getting no satisfaction with their iPhone 5. Apple’s iPhone 5 is trailing behind four other Android phones when it comes to user satisfaction, according to a new survey conducted by mobile research firm OnDevice Research. The research firm polled 320,000 smartphone…
Even though more than 100 million viewers tuned in to watch the Super Bowl, that didn’t lead to a significant drop in app usage, according to a study by Flurry. In fact, the total app usage dropped by only 5% when compared to the week before. To be fair, some parts of the event led…
A cracked screen apparently isn’t good enough reason for some phone owners to get their handsets fixed. According to a new study by British mobile phone insurance website MobileInsurance.co.uk, as many as 1 in 4 iPhone owners are currently using their handset with a smashed, cracked or broken screen. The site was prompted to carry…
Cisco conducted a research exploring the mobile data habits of an average North American smartphone user. According to them, users in this group could consume 6GB of data per month by 2017, which is a 13-fold increase for the next four years. At the moment, the average North American user consumes 752MB per month as…
The number of users of mobile video calling services will increase four-fold to almost 160 million by 2017, according to Juniper Research. Factors driving this growth include improvements in user-interface and underlying technology. However, there is a problem video calling services are facing – revenue generation. We did see ad-based and freemium models emerging, but…
Samsung keeps killing it. In the UK, three of their phones have topped the sales charts in January. The Galaxy S III is the number one selling device — the position it held for the ninth consecutive month — followed by the mid-range Galaxy Ace and Galaxy S II. Also on the top 10 list…
Apple and Samsung are without a doubt the top dogs in the cellphone market. In 2012, both companies managed to grab most of the market share, recording an insane 103 percent in cellphone profit, according to Cannacord Genuity’s estimates. These bitter rivals were able to obtain this seemingly impossible number from the failures of companies…
Folks from ShopPad prepared a neat infographic, highlighting online shopper activity across 3,500 tablet-optimized retailers in a wide range of industries, including apparel, consumer electronics, health and beauty, home goods and jewelry. Here are the key findings: The average time spent browsing before check out was 13 minutes, 11 seconds Tablet shoppers had their best…
Worldwide tablet shipments outpaced predictions, reaching a record 52.5 million units worldwide in Q4 2012, according to preliminary data from IDC. The tablet market grew 75.3% year over year, up from 29.9 million units, and increased 74.3% from the previous quarter’s total of 30.1 million units. Lower average selling prices, a wide range of new…
In one of its newer studies, ABI Research is looking at the smartphone market and the various platform shares. Android is leading the pack, accounting for 57% of all smartphones, while iOS is second with 21% of the market. When it comes to tablets, the situation is opposite, with Apple’s iPads dominating the market and…