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Nearly 90 per cent of the apps
downloaded for use on mobile devices worldwide are free, and most of the paid
apps cost USD 3 or less, a research firm said today.
The report by Gartner Inc said worldwide
mobile app downloads will surpass 45.6 billion in 2012, with free downloads
accounting for 40.1 billion.
Among the paid applications, 90 per
cent were less than USD 3 each, Gartner said.
The research firm said it expects
this trend to continue with apps between 99 cents and USD 2.99 accounting for
87.5 per cent of paid downloads in 2012, and 96 per cent by 2016.
Apple's App Store has been the
largest source of apps, and will account for 21 billion downloads in 2012, an
increase of 74 per cent over 2011.
"Apple's market share is the
largest, considering its App Store accounts for 25 per cent of available apps
in all stores," said Brian Blau, research director at Gartner.
"The number of apps available
is driven by an increasing number of stores in the market today... These stores
will see their combined share of total downloads increase, but demand for apps
overall will still be dominated by Apple, Google and Microsoft."
Gartner's Sandy Shen said Amazon is
another important player in the market.
"Amazon has appealed to users
with its strong brand, global presence and a good selection of high-quality
content while Facebook's recently launched App Center – supporting both mobile
devices and desktops – will become a powerful competitor due to its strong brand
and leading position in social networking and gaming," said Shen.
"In China, there is a boom
market of independent Android stores, due to the lack of presence of Google
Play and 'weak' stores from CSPs (communications firms). We expect to see more
new entrants to the market, aiming to deepen relationships with their customers
and/or to capture some of this growth market.”
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