Study: Android and iPhone users show same usage trends, heavy app usage

A study put together by analytics firms comScore and Compete says that while Android and iPhone users probably aren't the same people, they certainly act like it. Usage patterns line up almost exactly across the board, differing by only a few percentage points in categories from social networking to mobile media to instant messaging. The only place they really differ is in email usage -- 63% of Android users reported that they used their smartphones for email, while 87% of iPhone users said the same.

The firms also asked smartphone users how they used apps overall, and it's probably not surprising to find that iPhone users are in apps over half the time they're on their phones, compared to using just the web browser. Android users report figures almost as high, with 44% saying that they use apps more than half the time. With so many developers out there working hard to streamline and improve the user interface in specific apps, it's no wonder native applications are the main reason most people pull out their iPhones. And if you want, this can just add fuel to the fire on the speculation that Apple will release a bigger version of the iPhone designed to just run apps rather than worry about that pesky "calling" feature.

[via Mashable]

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jake14961987

That's interesting! However, there is a lot of cut-throat competition among the operation system manufacturers like google and apple.More information from http://www.sourcinggate.com/smart-cell-phone-c-174.html

March 23 2010 at 5:25 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

jake14961987

That's interesting! However, There will still a lot of cut-throat competition among the operation system manufacturers like google and apple.

March 23 2010 at 5:24 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Noah

It's called Parallel Kingdom: Age of Emergence -- free in the App Store. I've been playing for almost a year. Quite fun!

December 29 2009 at 4:47 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Gilby3000

What is that app in the screenshots?

It looks awesome!!!!!!

December 29 2009 at 2:22 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Peter

>release a bigger version of the iPhone designed to just run apps
>rather than worry about that pesky "calling" feature

Great news !! It's here already. Google "iPod Touch" :)

December 28 2009 at 6:18 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Justin

December 28 2009 at 5:47 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Iain

In other news. People in wheelchairs don't like stairs and most car uses prefer to drive on roads. WTF? This isn't news. Must be a ssssllllllllooooowwwww news day.

December 28 2009 at 5:30 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

political slug

I can't say this surprises me. While some might argue "smart phones" have been around for years, the network crushing data consumption is coming almost entirely from Android and iPhone. Blackberry, WinMo, Palm, and Symbian take notice: your devices are more dumb, and less smartphones, and they aren't what people are making use of. The data is clear. Devices running Android and iPhone OS are the first truly portable computers, and these devices are transcending the bridge from smartphone to PC.

December 28 2009 at 5:07 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply