69% of US Market Share in SmartPhone Users Going to Apple
30 Jun, 2009 | Written by Heather | under Tech Industry, iPhone Marketing, life - inside out, new technology
According to the May 2009 Mobile Metrics Report by AdMob, Apple is taking a big bite of the Smartphone market share. In their newly released study, they take a closer look at the iPhone apps within the AdMob network. “It is general knowledge that the top free apps are downloaded millions of times. But with an incredibly crowded App Store, one important question is what happens to the rest of the apps.” view the entire report on the AdMob website including more user statistics and breakdowns of demographics.
clee | July 1st, 2009 at 7:12 pm #
The new data from AbMob is pretty interesting, I think the whole world is curious to see how Apple will advance. Especially with the release of the latest 3G S iPhone, will they gain an even bigger chunk of the smartphone market? We’ve been debating this subject on our blog, please check us out: http://uimagicinc.com/blog/?p=165 I’m sure you’d have a lot to contribute to our discussion!
Heather | July 2nd, 2009 at 6:05 pm #
I think the market share will continue to grow for Apple. They have delivered to the market a solid leader in Smart Phone technology with the iPhone and pair that with the App Store even though it’s not fully mature, I see a lot of room for growth and innovation.
Sadly I don’t see the competition being able to re-produce the successful combination that Apple has produced and their being first to market with this combination because it’s left too wide a cavern to cross for the competition.
Palm, Google, Blackberry and the others need to make sure their new Smart Phones in response to the iPhone don’t feel like copy-cats with the touch screen and style of the iPhone. Not only do they need to position themselves differently in the market but they really need to do something innovative to take the iPhone concept of SmartPhones beyond what Apple has done. So far, I’m not too impressed as they all kind of seem “cool” but not as nifty as the iPhone and now with Apple’s new low prices, call me biased, but I’m still waiting to see something great from the others that can take away a good market share chunk.