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12-03-2012, 09:09 PM | #347 |
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The iPhone leads the smartphone OS pack with an average eCPM of $2.85. Though it is closely followed by Android devices (at $2.10). The rest of the mobile phone field is significantly behind. [...] The iPad in particular gets the highest effective cost per 1,000 impressions (eCPM) of all devices, which is $3.96. [...] Apple in Q3 accounted for 37% of all mobile ad impressions on its network, with Samsung (SSNLF.PK) the second-most popular at 24%, and the rest trailing some ways behind, Adfonic says. It will be interesting to see what happens in Q4. In its AdMetrics report, Adfonic notes that Apple increased its lead over Samsung by three percentage points without much impact from the iPhone 5, which only hit the market at the end of the period. Source. The facts above show that there is no economic argument in favour of developing for Android over iOS. The only salient argument I can think of from a business point of view is that there are so few high-quality Android apps that a very talented developer has a greater chance of distinguishing him or herself with a polished app on Android than on iOS. Quote:
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12-04-2012, 12:31 AM | #349 | |
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As for there being no reasons for developers to flock to android, one could argue that till the cows come home, but bottom line is that the android app market is experiencing significantly higher growth rate than iOS. A year ago iOS had 180,000 more apps than android. Today they have the same amount. So, developers are disagreeing with you too. They are choosing Android at a higher rate than iOS. They know where the money and the future is. |
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12-04-2012, 01:01 AM | #350 | |
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Regardless, it's clear that the Android platform is growing much faster than iOS in terms of sheer number of apps. It's now the platform of choice for most app developers. Seems they have no trouble finding the economic nuggets of gold in that platform. And excellent point about the ad revenue. As we can see from this report , quarterly ad impressions for Android are greater than for Apple by about 49% to 37%. I would think that this additional revenue is further closing the gap between the two platforms in terms of app revenue. Thanks to HM for finding that report which supports Android. |
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Unfortunately (for you, that is), your statement is not true. There may be less tablet-optimized apps on Android, but stating that there are "so few quality apps" on Android is highly inaccurate, to put it mildly.
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12-04-2012, 04:15 AM | #352 | |
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12-04-2012, 04:26 AM | #354 | |
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And, to be honest, if you are comparing apps you really shouldn't have brought mapping to the table if you are defending iPple |
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For some reason I can't see the Adfonic's report from Q3, but in I can see the one from Q2, and if you look at the distribution based on platform (since you are trying to make the point of iOS vs Android it doesn't make sense to look at numbers by manufacturers) Android got more ad impressions 46% vs 34%. Even if the 3% increase that iOS got in Q3 came from Android and not the other platforms, it is still 43% vs 37%, so Android is still in ahead. Last edited by Sil_liS; 12-04-2012 at 04:09 PM. |
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