App Stats from Mobile Entertainment

According to Mobile Entertainment: The average paid iPhone app has sold 101,024 copies over a lifetime of 261 days US iPhone users download 60 apps a year 51% of iPhone owners have five or more games installed on their devices says Compete 37% of iPhone owners play...

Smartphone Users: Well-heeled

BloomWorlds BloomBlog reports that the average smartphone user is considerably wealthier than the average adult. Smartphone users have an average household income of $66,000. In contrast, the average household income is $44,000, meaning smartphone users are on average...

Xyologic Offers App Insights

A variety of global app download reports are available here: http://xyo.com/app-downloads-reports Xyologic also provides estimates of downloads for individual apps, including per country, per platform, and other useful info. It’s particularly interesting to...

Freemium Revenue Model on the Rise in App Store

iOS app developers who are looking to make big bucks on the App Store should consider using the in-app purchase model, according to a recently published study from Distimo. In-app purchases are a huge source of revenue, accounting for a whopping 72 percent of all App...

Smartphone Sales Surpass PC Sales

Smartphone sales have surpassed PC sales, worldwide. According to PC Magazine, “vendors shipped 100.9 million smartphones during the fourth quarter, according to Monday data, while IDC logged 92.1 million PC shipments during the same time period, according to IDC...

Smartphone Use Exploding

Worldwide sales of smart phones are expected to reach a staggering 1.1BN in 2015, according to a recent report by Gartner. As early as the end of 2011 it is expected that smartphone sales will be 468 Million units, a 57.7% increase on last year.  This growth should...

1 in 10 Americans Owns an iPhone

… Of the 234 million Americans age 13 and older, 10.2 percent owned an iPhone during the third quarter, earning Apple the #4 ranking among the nation’s top device manufacturers. It’s the first time the iPhone zoomed past the ten percent milestone in comScore metrics....