Communications Stats and Figures

Mobile Content Usage, Top Smartphone Platforms, Top Mobile OEMs

Adam Somer — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:43:00 +0000

Top Mobile OEMs 3 Month Avg. Ending Jan. 2010 vs. 3 Month Avg. Ending Oct. 2009 Total U.S. Age 13+ Source: comScore MobiLens
	Share (%) of Mobile Subscribers
	Oct-09	Jan-10	Point Change
Total Mobile Subscribers	100.0%	100.0%	N/A
Motorola	24.1%	22.9%	-1.2
LG	22.0%	21.7%	-0.3
Samsung	21.0%	21.1%	0.1
Nokia	9.3%	9.1%	-0.2
RIM	6.4%	7.8%	1.4

Top Smartphone Platforms 3 Month Avg. Ending Jan. 2010 vs. 3 Month Avg. Ending Oct. 2009 Total U.S. Age 13+ Source: comScore MobiLens
	Share (%) of Smartphone Subscribers
	Oct-09	Jan-10	Point Change
Total Smartphone Subscribers	100.0%	100.0%	N/A
RIM	41.3%	43.0%	1.7
Apple	24.8%	25.1%	0.3
Microsoft	19.7%	15.7%	-4.0
Google	2.8%	7.1%	4.3
Palm	7.8%	5.7%	-2.1

Mobile Content Usage 3 Month Avg. Ending Jan. 2010 vs. 3 Month Avg. Ending Oct. 2009 Total U.S. Age 13+ Source: comScore MobiLens
	Share (%) of U.S. Mobile Subscribers
	Oct-09	Jan-10	Point Change
Total Mobile Subscribers	100.0%	100.0%	N/A
Sent text message to another phone	62.0%	63.5%	1.5
Used browser	26.8%	28.6%	1.8
Played games	21.3%	21.7%	0.4
Used Downloaded Apps	18.3%	19.8%	1.5
Accessed Social Networking Site or Blog	13.8%	17.1 %	3.3
Listened to music on mobile phone	11.6%	12.8%	1.2

From: http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2010/3/comScore_Reports_January_2010_U.S._Mobile_Subscriber_Market_Share

Android Outselling iPhone in Midwest

Adam Somer — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:08:25 +0000

From: http://www.androidguys.com/2010/02/26/android-outselling-iphone-midwest/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+androidguyscom+(AndroidGuys)

Monthly Application Download Statistics (Admob)

Adam Somer — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:25:02 +0000

From: http://metrics.admob.com/2010/02/january-2010-mobile-metrics-report/ and http://metrics.admob.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/AdMob-Mobile-Metrics-Jan-10.pdf

What are Adults Users Doing with thier Cell Phones

Adam Somer — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:08:36 +0000

From: http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-barely-a-quarter-of-cellphone-owners-use-the-mobile-web-2010-2

Smartphone Sales and Market Share

Adam Somer — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:04:52 +0000

From: http://jkontherun.com/2010/02/23/why-worldwide-smartphone-sales-figures-matter-to-you/

Number Of Smartphone Users Downloading Paid-App

Adam Somer — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:30:06 +0000

Here are the average percentage of users who download at least one paid app per month

iPhone : 50%
iPod touch : 35%
Android : 21%
webOS : 24%

From: http://techcrunchies.com/smartphone-paid-app-download/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Techcrunchies+(TechCrunchies)

Average Number Of App Downloads Per Month

Adam Somer — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:29:11 +0000

Here are the number of free and paid apps downloaded on an average from these different platforms

Free app downloads
iPhone : 7
iPod touch : 10.5
Android : 7.6
webOS : 5.1

Paid app downloads
iPhone : 1.8
iPod touch : 1.6
Android : 1.1
webOS : 0.6

From: http://techcrunchies.com/average-number-of-apps-downloaded/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Techcrunchies+(TechCrunchies)

App Stores Compared

Adam Somer — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:28:24 +0000

From: http://www.dailywireless.org/2010/02/22/app-stores-compared/

Average Monthly Smartphone Data Consumption

Adam Somer — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:19:57 +0000

Here is the projected average data consumption over smartphone devices on a per subscriber basis over the next few years for the US market according to a study by Rysavy research:

2010 : 0.3 GB
2011 : 0.7 GB
2012 : 1.0 GB
2013 : 1.6 GB
2014 : 2.7 GB
2015 : 4.2 GB
2016 : 6.7 GB

From: http://techcrunchies.com/smartphone-bandwidth-usage/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Techcrunchies+(TechCrunchies)

US Mobile Network Operators Market Share

Adam Somer — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:17:52 +0000

1. Verizon : 31.2%
2. AT&T : 25.0%
3. T-Mobile : 12.1%
4. Sprint : 12.1%
5. Tracfone : 4.8%
6. MetroPCS : 2.3%
7. US Cellular : 2.2%
8. Boost Mobile : 2.1%
9. Cricket : 1.7%
10. Virgin Mobile : 1.7%
Others : 5.0%

From: http://techcrunchies.com/mobile-carriers-market-share-usa/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Techcrunchies+(TechCrunchies)