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We're Just Not That Into You, iPhone Apps

Posted by timothy on from the 99-percent-of-everything dept.

maximus1 writes "A new report compiled by iPhone analytics firm Pinch Media finds the majority of people stop using apps the day after they download them, and only 1 percent develop a long-term relationship with any given app. Instead, most tend to lose interest after a few minutes, according to this article. Paid apps fare slightly better. 30% of the people downloading a paid app return the next day compared to 20% who download a free app. No surprises that the survey found that apps that focused on games and entertainment seem to outlast other categories when it comes to long-term love."

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  1. Re:iphone = toy by NateTech · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Outlook = E-mail and calendar, something iPhone does just fine.
    Word = What are you doing editing documents on a phone? If you just need to read them, who cares?
    Excel = Maybe the only thing you might complain about on an iPhone, but who the hell does real business spreadsheets on a phone...?

    Reality is... you're just as bought into the Windows mobile hype as some people are bought into the iPhone hype. No one uses a phone to do real work on things... it's just a viewport into existing documents and a way to keep in touch with e-mail.

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  2. Re:Why is this strange by ILuvRamen · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    you're watering it down too much. Apple made an overpriced product. Pretentious people and other douchebags bought it to show off how rich and special they are. Apple starts handing out software (indirectly) that's bugger and underperforming but flashy and cute as usual and their short attention spanned customers stop using it after they've showed it to all their friends in one day. It's really that simple. Seriously, everyone I know with an iPhone shows me ALL their stupid little apps and then when I ask what they use them for, they say they don't really use them. Apple products are and always have been all about showing off and that's why serious people don't take them seriously. Maybe that should find that out in one of their little studies.

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  3. Re:I wonder by Lars+T. · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Did the question hit a nerve? Why so offensive?

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