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Smartphones & Applications . Pooja Tripathi. Agenda. Mobile 101 OS, OEM, Service Provider, Apps Mobile Applications 101. Smartphone 101 . Service Provider A T & T Verizon Sprint T-Mobile. Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Samsung, Nokia, HTC, Apple.
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Smartphones & Applications Pooja Tripathi
Agenda • Mobile 101 • OS, OEM, Service Provider, Apps • Mobile Applications 101
Smartphone 101 Service Provider A T & T Verizon Sprint T-Mobile Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Samsung, Nokia, HTC, Apple A phone that makes you smart Worldwide smartphone market: 42.1% year-over-year growth Operating System (OS) Android, iOS, Windows, Blackberry Applications (Apps) Still counting…
Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Kevin Restivo: Samsung employs a 'shotgun' strategy wherein many models are created that cover a wide range of market segments. Apple, in contrast, offers a small number of high-profile models. Src: IDC Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker, July 26, 2012
Operating System (OS)Android & iOS powered 85% of all smartphones Src: IDC Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker, August 8, 2012
Telecom Service ProvidersAT & T and Verizon control more than 70% of American smartphone market Jargons used in the industry: • Plans- Postpaid, Prepaid plans • SMS: Short Message Service • Handsets, Subsidy on Phones • VoIP: Voice Over internet protocol • ARPU( Average Revenue per User), Net Adds, Churn rate • 2g, 3G, 4G Src: Chetan Sharma Consulting: US Wireless Market Update Q2 2012
Top 3 Mobile content usage driversTexting, Downloading apps and browsing
Mobile Applications 101 Free Apps Account For 89% Of All Downloads; Most Of The Rest Under $3; iOS Store Biggest Of Them All • Wiki defn: A software application designed to run on smartphones, tablet computers and other mobile devices • Available on: • App store (iOS), • Google Play (Android), • Marketplace (Windows), • Blackberry app world • By 2016, Gartner is predicting the mobile app market will see almost 310 billion downloads, with 93% of those free apps. • Angry Birds was downloaded 6.5 million times on Christmas day alone in 2011
Know the Buyer behavior • Know your customers by numbers • Invest in mobile analytics and surveys: Google Analytics, Flurry, Localytics • Customer personas, targeted advertising and segmentation • Age, • Gender, • Interests : Psychographics segments (Best used by Facebook Analytics) • Geographies • Are customers finding your app useful? • Total Downloads, • New Users : Customer Acquisition, • Active Users: Customer Engagement, • Sessions: Return Users • Are your users engaged? • Frequency of visit • Bounce rate • Conversion Funnels
What influences app download behaviors • Factors that may determine downloads: • Quality and reliability of app • Ratings • Downloads • App store reviews • Reachability and Availability on multiple OS’s • Monetization: • Free • Freemium • In-app purchases, • Subscriptions • Advertising • Advertising • Cost Per Click, Click Through Rate, • Cost per conversion
References • http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=IDC_P1600 • http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS23638712 • http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS23624612 • Flurry • Localytics • Forrester • Gartner • Wikipedia • Chetan Sharma Consulting: US Wireless Market Update Q2 2012