Stat Spot
CategoryStat Spot: P2P payments on NTT DoCoMo’s network
Stat Spot: Impact of turn-by-turn navigation on iPhone app store pricing
Stat Spot: Mobile music downloads in the UK
There were 1.72m full track downloads to mobile phones in the UK in May 2009, a 21% price on the same period a year ago. 31% of these downloads were from subscription services, which permit an unlimited number of downloads per …
Stat Spot: iPhone accidental damage rates
12% of iPhone users experience device failure due to ‘accidental damage’ in the first year, an unusually high figure which has been attributed to the slippery nature of the handset casing and its smooth form factor. However, failur…
Stat Spot: Smartphone failure rates
Stat Spot: Price distribution in the iPhone app store
Source: Distimo
Stat Spot: The effect of raising price in the iPhone app store
On 10th May, the price of the iBeer application in the iPhone App Store was increased from USD 0.99 to USD 1.99. Over the following couple of weeks, its ranking fell from a top 20 position to around 70th.
Source: Distimo
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Stat Spot: The effect of lowering price in the iPhone app store
On 2nd May ‘World Cup Ping Pong’ was ranked 92nd in the iPhone App Store. The price was lowered from USD 1.99 to USD 0.99 on the same day and by 3rd May the ranking had improved to 71st. By 13th May, it had climbed all the way to…