Apple Increases Dominance of Mobile Shopping

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Apple Increases Dominance of Mobile Shopping

Posted by Soulskill on Friday December 23, 2011 @07:57AM from the apple-a-day-keeps-the-savings-account-at-bay dept.

bdking writes "If you purchased something online from a mobile device in December, there's a 92% chance you used an iPad or iPhone. And if so, you probably spent more money than someone making an online purchase with an Android or a desktop computer."

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android market sale...? by SpiralSpirit · 2011-12-23 07:57 · Score: 2

this statistic seems unlikely.
1. Re:android market sale...? by jhoegl · 2011-12-23 08:01 · Score: 2
  
  I agree, and I quote the Simpsons for my logical reasoning
  "You can make statistics prove anything Kent, 15% of all people know that" - Homer Simpson
2. Re:android market sale...? by arkane1234 · 2011-12-23 08:05 · Score: 2
  
  Not necessarily, since Apple customers by very demographic have more money.
  
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3. Re:android market sale...? by Lexx+Greatrex · 2011-12-23 08:23 · Score: 2
  
  this statistic seems unlikely.
  TFA labels RichRelevance as a "retail analysis company" giving the reader the impression that the statistics arise from an impartial survey of global consumer behavior such as provided by organisations like Forrester Research. RichRelevance is neither independent nor impartial. It is a company that provides e-commerce, advertising and marketing services to "retailing partners sites" and by this very nature cannot cited as an authoritative or reliable source.
4. Re:android market sale...? by ifiwereasculptor · 2011-12-23 08:23 · Score: 2
  
  The numbers across our retailing partners sites
  From TFA. That could be an explanation - a biased sample, especially if the Apple store is one of the partners. They sell a lot and mostly to iOS devices.
  Maybe they only track "apps" and Android owners tend to use their browsers more or they are redirected to it from an app (which is forbidden in iOS, if I recall correctly).
  Could it be that Android on a tablet doesn't identify itself as a mobile browser? (this is easy to check, I just can't since I don't own a tablet)
  It's hard to take statistical data seriously when you don't know how it was generated. Especially when it looks suspicious like this. iOS users spending 19% more seems not that farfetched, but for them to account for 92% of all sales is hard to believe.
5. Re:android market sale...? by narcc · 2011-12-23 08:41 · Score: 2
  
  Not necessarily, since Apple customers by very demographic have more money.
  Actually, that distinctions belongs to Blackberry users.
  Rich Smartphone Users Opt for Blackberry over iPhone: Survey September 26, 2011:
  
  Most affluent smartphone owners prefer BlackBerry over the iPhone, and Android remains the people’s choice in the middle or upper-middle income group, according to a survey.
  
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6. Re:android market sale...? by narcc · 2011-12-23 09:16 · Score: 3, Interesting
  
  That is true. BBM is one of the main reasons that Blackberry is so popular with the youth. (That and the most amazing keyboard on the market -- it's a pleasure to type on, and has only improved with time. Try out the keyboard on a 9900 sometime, you'll be astonished.)
  Really, Blackberry has something for everyone. From teens and rioters to wealthy business persons and celebrities, RIM has the software and hardware that most optimally meets their needs.
  
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7. Re:android market sale...? by SomePgmr · 2011-12-23 10:33 · Score: 2
  
  Really? I wasn't surprised. There's been quite a lot written lately about the platform differences and spending. Applications in the android market simply don't make anything near the kind of money that iphone apps do. That's why all the apps you see in googs market have ads... android users don't buy and developers want to bring in some revenue.
  
  Some big name developers have been saying that the Kindle has had a major impact on sales though. It seems Fire owners are much more likely to purchase apps from the Amazon store than other android users from google's market.
8. Re:android market sale...? by jbolden · 2011-12-23 11:33 · Score: 2
  
  I've liked the 2 Blackberries I've had. And as far as a texting phone, they are amazing.
  But the web experience on an iPhone is incomparably better.
  Really I think Blackberry should drop down to 200mb data plans with unlimited texting and emails. That seems to be their sweet spot. The problem is right now I have to pay the same (essentially) for a Blackberry as an iPhone.
In other news by Colin+Smith · 2011-12-23 08:01 · Score: 3, Funny

Apple iPad and iPhone users are found to have had their personal sense of values warped by the Jobs reality distortion field. Retailers are said to be intrigued.

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What are they buying? by will_die · 2011-12-23 08:03 · Score: 3, Insightful

With average orders being over $100 what are people buying that they would use a tablet or phone for instead of a desktop?
I have tried ordering a few things uses a smart phone it kind of sucks unless it is a known item.
1. Re:What are they buying? by Frankie70 · 2011-12-23 08:06 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  With average orders being over $100 what are people buying that they would use a tablet or phone for instead of a desktop?
  IPad was the #1 purchase on the IPhone & the IPhone was the #1 purchase on the IPad.
2. Re:What are they buying? by arkane1234 · 2011-12-23 08:12 · Score: 2
  
  You haven't used one, I imagine.
  It's quite easy to surf the net, and buy stuff when the need comes. I've done christmas shopping through the ipad & my desktop. Through Amazon, Absinthes.com, and a couple of other sites that escape me at the moment. The screen on my iphone is too small for my use like that, but I have added things to my Amazon wish list when on the iphone.
  
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excellent! by TechnoLuddite · 2011-12-23 08:07 · Score: 5, Funny

Android phones are obviously money-saving devices!
1. Re:excellent! by UBfusion · 2011-12-23 08:47 · Score: 2
  
  +1, I think this is the most important result so far.
Self-fulfilled research by UBfusion · 2011-12-23 08:09 · Score: 5, Informative

If you can afford an iPhone 4Gs 64GB (€898.99 in my country, no contract) or an iPad 2 Wi-Fi 64GB ( €719.00), it's evident you have plenty more to spend online.
Re:Apple Fanboys have more money? by king+neckbeard · 2011-12-23 08:09 · Score: 2, Interesting

The amount of money one spends and the amount of money one has aren't inherently linked. I seem to remember reading once that Apple users were more likely to have their accounts overdrawn than others. I'm far too lazy to try and dig that up again, so please feel free to consider it unsourced speculation.

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So Why is this News? by Nom+du+Keyboard · 2011-12-23 08:10 · Score: 3, Insightful

...you probably spent more money than someone making an online purchase with an Android or a desktop computer.
But if you're an Apple fanboi you've already proven that you like spending lots more money, so why is this news?

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Different demographics by HideyoshiJP · 2011-12-23 08:10 · Score: 2

I'd imagine that with the iPad being seen as more of a luxury item and most iPhone users having a bit more disposable income than the 1 cent Android phone owners, it's only natural that this would occur. In other news, Volkswagen owners are 3 times more likely to wear beanies or recycle.
Re:Right, because IOS is 15% of the market by arkane1234 · 2011-12-23 08:21 · Score: 3, Informative

Thats... kinda.. what ... this.. article.. says...
Thus the title... "Apple Increases Dominance of Mobile Shopping".

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Re:Right, because IOS is 15% of the market by sydneyfong · 2011-12-23 08:24 · Score: 4, Insightful

How is "90% of all mobile purchases" not "dominating mobile shopping"? It's exactly "dominating the market of people with money to burn", that's what is claimed and no more.
The fact that you somehow read it as "dominating mobile devices market share" or the likes, is your own comprehension problem.

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Hit a Nerve? by Wingsy · 2011-12-23 08:32 · Score: 4, Insightful

Boy, just reading through the comments shows that this article really hit a nerve with the Android "fanbois".

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Re:So which is better to own? by LDAPMAN · 2011-12-23 09:07 · Score: 2

You didn't look very hard. There are quite a few, there are even more that $.99 to $3.99. Two bucks is too much for you to contribute to some developer who did a great job of implementing a useful utility?
Re:Speaking as an apple guy by RogerWilco · 2011-12-23 10:00 · Score: 2

What I really like about the modern smartphones is that instead of a lot of gadgets I only need to carry one. It's all of the following rolled into one: Map, TomTom, MP3 player, phone, address book, calendar, alarm clock, compass, portable gaming device, portable email device, portable browser, music tuner, metronome, noteblock, etc.
I used to carry an iPod, PDA, mobile phone, metronome/tuner, compass, TomTom, Gameboy, and sometimes even more stuff. I used to buy coats with a lot of big pockets.
Now I just carry a smartphone.

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