There will be 970 million smartphone users by the end of 2013, up from 300 million in 2010, according to analysts at research2guidance, a Berlin-based market research firm. In 2009 there will only about 100 million smartphones in use.
As a result, annual app revenues will grow from $1.94 billion in 2009 to $15.65 billion by 2013.
An order of magnitude growth (roughly 10 times) in users and app store sales in four years would be steep, indeed.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
10 Times More Smartphone Users and App Store Sales in 4 Years?
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Gary Kim was cited as a global "Power Mobile Influencer" by Forbes, ranked second in the world for coverage of the mobile business, and as a "top 10" telecom analyst. He is a member of Mensa, the international organization for people with IQs in the top two percent.
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