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US smartphone users have 41 apps in 2012, up from 32 last year

US smartphone users have 41 apps in 2012, up from 32 last year

Posted: 16 May 2012, 10:02, by Victor H.

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US smartphone users have 41 apps in 2012, up from 32 last year

US smartphone users are installing more applications on average on their smartphone, as the popularity of smart handsets itself is growing in 2012. This year, the average smartphone user in the States had 41 apps on his device, up from 32 last year, according to a study by Nielsen.

At the same time, smartphone owners comprised 38% of the mobile users stateside last year, while now the number has surged to 50%. Not surprisingly, the overwhelming majority, 88% to be exact, of users downloading an app in the past 30 days did so on Android or the iPhone.

Also, the apps are not just sittting idle - this year they are occupying 10% more of the attention of users, so if you have the impression that people are just glued to their phones, now you have one more piece of evidence to back you up. Check the neat infographic summarizing the rise of the apps, and let us know - how many apps do you have on your device? Is it Android, the iPhone or something else?

source: Nielsen via Textually

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1. kshell1 posted on 16 May 2012, 10:10 2 0

Personally i have roughly 125.

3. networkdood posted on 16 May 2012, 10:39 2 0

Yeah, I always have at least 50....

4. protozeloz posted on 16 May 2012, 10:42 1 0

Same here, 125-130 apps

7. kshell1 posted on 16 May 2012, 12:25 0 0

i just downloaded bout 30 more on apktops.com

9. protozeloz posted on 16 May 2012, 12:44 0 0

O.o why not use the store?

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12. kshell1 posted on 17 May 2012, 06:33 0 0

I get alot of free apps that normally cost $5 this way. GTa3, madden nfl12, just alot lol

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13. kshell1 posted on 17 May 2012, 09:16 0 0

I use the macbook air my school gave us and then use the schools wifi because its faster than the HSPA+ speeds i get.

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2. josephnero posted on 16 May 2012, 10:38 0 0

last time i counted i had 106

5. josephnero posted on 16 May 2012, 11:14 0 0

offtopic:i cant live without my apps.apps are like soul of my smartphone

6. networkdood posted on 16 May 2012, 11:15 0 0

I actually have over 400 apps, but I never install them all at once....thanks to TiBu.

8. Shubham412302 posted on 16 May 2012, 12:27 1 0

just 82 apps
i dont like to flood my mobile with apps

10. GeekMovement posted on 16 May 2012, 16:27 0 0

I got 83 used to have over 120+ too.
Now my phone is super speedy again.

11. BattleBrat posted on 16 May 2012, 23:20 0 0

A WHOLE 41 apps? wow! I have about 100 on my RAZR right now, and about 400 on my iTouch. I have about 600 total the VAST majority of them are paid apps. Mostly games on the iTouch. My aunt has over 1000 for her iDevices, but they're mostly free.....

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1. kshell1 posted on 16 May 2012, 10:10 2 0

3. networkdood posted on 16 May 2012, 10:39 2 0

4. protozeloz posted on 16 May 2012, 10:42 1 0

7. kshell1 posted on 16 May 2012, 12:25 0 0

9. protozeloz posted on 16 May 2012, 12:44 0 0

12. kshell1 posted on 17 May 2012, 06:33 0 0

13. kshell1 posted on 17 May 2012, 09:16 0 0

2. josephnero posted on 16 May 2012, 10:38 0 0

5. josephnero posted on 16 May 2012, 11:14 0 0

6. networkdood posted on 16 May 2012, 11:15 0 0

8. Shubham412302 posted on 16 May 2012, 12:27 1 0

10. GeekMovement posted on 16 May 2012, 16:27 0 0

11. BattleBrat posted on 16 May 2012, 23:20 0 0

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