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Gadget insurance company ProtectYourBubble.com released the results of a poll fielded in New York City of over 150 Apple fans in line for the new iPhone 5. The research reveals 51.7% of Apple fans value their iPhone over their wallet. That’s crazy, but that’s not all: Of the Apple fans waiting in NYC lines, 74%…
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Western Europe will spend more than $10 billion on tablet devices and associated service plans by 2016. Spending from 2011 to 2016 will grow at 30% CAGR with tablet shipments surpassing those of other portable PCs during 2016. Running at 12% at the beginning of the year, the tablet…
A new report from Juniper Research forecasts that ad spend on mobile web search will reach $12 billion per annum in five years’ time, which is three times the ad spend in 2012. According to the research company, tablets will drive this growth, with the number of these devices in-use reaching 672 million by 2017.…
Usurv ran a quick poll to find out how users feel about the new iPhone 5. Results from surveying 1,000 UK adults suggest that 44% of existing iPhone users want the Apple iPhone 5, while 20% of all smartphone users want to upgrade to the new iPhone without needing any further information about it. However,…
When it comes to dominance in the mobile phone arena, there’s no secret that both Google and Apple run things. The mobile phone market has been completely blanketed by Android devices and iPhones, which makes it only two viable choices for consumers to go to at the moment. Now there are bold estimates coming out…
The new survey, conducted online among 2,310 U.S. adults by Harris Interactive on behalf of CouponCabin from September 4th – 6th, reveals that 46% of USA based mobile users pay $100 or more per month for their mobile phone service, while 13% pay $200 or more per month. For some respondents, the costs of their…
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,…