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In its new research, ABI looks at spending on mobile apps among US consumers. According to their results, about two-thirds of app users have spent money on an application on at least one occasion. Among these paying users, the mean spend was $14 per month, though there are some striking findings. ABI’s senior analyst Aapo…
It looks like people are starting to hold back from purchasing the latest phone to hit the market. Gartner today dropped some figures that detail the worldwide sales of mobile phones were down by 2 percent this quarter. This is the first time the market has declined since the second quarter of 2009. The way…
We all know location-based ads are booming. According to a new report by Berg Insight, the total value of the global real-time mobile location-based advertising and marketing market will grow from 192 million EUR in 2011 at a CAGR of 91% to 4.9 billion EUR in 2016. This will then correspond to 28.3% of all…
ABI Research has recently looked at the connection between smartphone users who have a retailer-branded app installed and their behavior toward retailers. The results are promising for retailers, with 45.8% of respondents saying the app caused them to visit the store more, buy more of the store/brand’s products and services (40.4%), spread the word about…
A new survey conducted by Guohe among mobile users in China reveals who is buying mobile apps, user preferences for iOS or Android, and user tolerance for ads appearing in their apps. Here are the highlights: 54% of users interviewed had Android phones, and 39% had jailbroken iPhones. Users were most accepting of ads within…
Juniper Research predicts a strong growth in green handset shipments, from 31 million this year (estimate) to 392 million by 2017, more than a half of which will be smartphones. By green handsets, Juniper thinks of those devices that contain 50% or more recyclable materials and are free of certain hazardous chemicals. The new “Green…
In its latest report, Juniper talks about the prospects of mobile TV. According to the research company, the number of streamed mobile TV users on smartphones will increase to 240 million by 2014, driven by a rise in smartphone penetration and a growth in the usage of internet TV and IPTV services. Another driver for…
Dual-core processors gained strong traction during last year, accounting for nearly 20% of total smartphone processors shipped, according to the Strategy Analytics Handset Component Technologies (HCT) service. Samsung led this trend with 60% volume share, followed by Qualcomm, Texas Instruments and NVIDIA. The Korean company has strong iPhone sales to thank for its top position,…
Tablets are steadily becoming a part of our daily lives and results from Yahoo!’s new survey go exactly in that direction. Some 2,000 U.S. respondents aged between 18 and 64 participated in the study, and the findings show us that: 15% would give up their car for an entire year to be able to keep…
Canalys, an analysis and consulting services company, today released to clients its detailed smart phone shipment estimates by country for Q1 2012. In the release, the company found that total shipments in smartphones worldwide grew 45 percent year on year to 146 million units. The most significant part of the stats were the differences in…