Smartphone and tablet app downloads will pass the 350 billion mark by 2017, reports analytics firm Strategy Analytics in a handout given today.
Mobile Apps Download Forecast: 2008 – 2017, the App Ecosystem Opportunities (AEO) forecast of Strategy Analytics, predicts over $57 billion in revenue from global paid app downloads between 2008 and 2017.
Nevertheless, the firm notes the number of paid apps that will drop to free apps will represent over 91 percent of total downloads five years from …

The launch of Windows Phone 8, the long delays in iPhone 5 and iPad Mini orders, the one million Android activations per day, the impending arrival of BlackBerry 10 in the first quarter of 2013 – all point to the continuous growth of the mobile app market, says Strategy Analytics.
The analytics firm predicts on its App Ecosystem Opportunities (AEO) forecast, Mobile Apps Revenue Forecast: 2008 – 2017, that the mobile app market will rake in over $35 billion, a stark contrast from $1 billion …

Samsung’s Galaxy S3 has overtaken Apple’s iPhone 4S to become the world’s bestselling smartphone, according to the latest research from Strategy Analytics.
The analytics firm reports that the South Korean phone maker’s flagship smartphone shipped 18.0 million units, or 11 percent share of all smartphone shipments worldwide, during the third quarter of 2012
“A large touchscreen design, extensive distribution across dozens of countries, and generous operator subsidies have been …

Apple has always been known for its very loyal customers for its Mac, iPod, iPad and iPhone products – a fact which may soon change.
For the first time ever, iPhone owner loyalty is said to have declined, research from Strategy Analytics reveals.
Strategy Analytics details in its Wireless Device Lab Report titled “iPhone Owner Loyalty Declines: Is Apple Losing its Innovation Edge?” the first ever decline in iPhone user who say they are likely to buy another Apple smartphone.
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According to the latest research by Strategy Analytics, there are now more than one billion smartphone users in the whole world. After sixteen years since the smartphone business started, the one billionth user was reached during the third quarter of this year.
According to Neil Mawston, Strategy Analytics’ executive director, “We estimate 1 in 7 of the world’s population owned a smartphone in the third quarter of

Apple has reported that iPad market share is on its best run in years despite a global economic slowdown.
During the recent announcement of its quarterly earnings, Apple highlighted how iPad revenues and sales managed to keep the company on an earning status. Figures in the international market illustrated an increase of 52 percent in revenues valued at $9 billion and 84 percent in unit sales valued at $17 million.
(More: Apple Performs in Q2 But Misses Estimates After iPhone Sales …

Apple has accumulated over $150 billion in revenue since its massively popular and record-breaking iPhone handset launched five years ago. After the tech giant – under the successful management of the late Steve Jobs – introduced the iPhone to the public, the iOS-based smartphone sold more than 250 million units worldwide. Research firm Strategy Analytics, however, believes that the next five years will not be simple and as lucrative as it was for Apple.
Neil Mawtson, executive director of …

In a sign that Samsung is doing right with its Galaxy line of smartphones, a report from a research firm says that the Samsung Galaxy line has snatched the title of the world’s most popular smartphone sub-brand.
According to Strategy Analytics in a new post  on its blog, “Samsung’s Android-based Galaxy series overtook Apple’s iPhone as the world’s most popular smartphone sub-brand.”
Previously, Apple’s iPhone line was the most popular smartphone sub-brand in the …

Samsung has reportedly gotten the most market share in the smartphone shipments race for the whole of 2011 even as Apple reclaimed the lead from Samsung by a small margin in shipments of smartphones in the fourth quarter.
The news comes from Strategy Analytics which said that Apple was indeed the biggest smartphone vendor by shipments in the fourth quarter of 2011 but that did not stop Samsung from getting the biggest share of shipments of smartphones for the whole year.
Samsung shipped 97.4 …

The Samsung Galaxy S II (Photo Credit: Samsung)

Samsung is on track to outpace Apple and Nokia smartphone sales in the second quarter, research firm Strategy Analytics reports.
In an email response to Bloomberg, Strategy Analytics analyst Neil Mawston said that Samsung could have delivered over 21 million Samsung smartphones worldwide in Q2 alone, surpassing the 20.3 million Apple iPhones and 16.7 million Nokia smartphones sold in the same period.
Samsung currently relies most of its sales …