Data Analysis: How Smartphones and Mobile Apps Have Changed the World

Foreign media has produced several easy-to-understand data charts based on market research company data. Today, let's learn through pictures how smartphones and applications are changing the world. At present, the sales of smartphones worldwide have reached 1.4 billion, the world has a total population of 7 billion, and mobile network usage is growing by 66% each year. iPhone applications have increased from 3,000 applications in September 2008 to 400,000 in 2010, and reached 775,000 in 2013, with a rapid growth rate.

In addition, we can also see from the picture the distribution of different platforms in different markets. In the European market, Android platform occupies half of the market. In the US market, although Android platform is also the largest, iOS has a larger market share than in the European market.

In terms of free apps, 72% of apps in the Google Play Store are free, while the proportion in the Apple App Store is 56%. The average price of paid apps in Google Play and App Store is $3.06 and $3.18 respectively.

Smartphones have made people more and more addicted to their phones. Among users aged 17-24, 53% send text messages while driving, and 24% do not forget social networks.

Finally, let's take a look at the best-selling mobile phones in the UK market. The iPhone 5 ranks first in the best-selling mobile phone rankings, with a market share of 15%, followed by the Samsung Galaxy S III with 11.4% (perhaps the S4's market share will increase), and the third is the Apple iPhone 4S with 7.5%.