- The average american spends 2.7 hours socializing on their mobile phone per day.
-IMS Research expects 420 million smart phones to be sold in 2011.
-Smart phones are becoming the highest-selling consumer electronic device.
-In the first three months of 2010, 1.475 TRILLION messages were sent worldwide.
-By the end of 2010, over 6.5 TRILLION messages had been sent.
-Thats over 50,000 messages per second.
-More than 50% of all local searches are done from a mobile device.
-85% of mobile phones produced in 2011 will be web enabled.
-39% of people use their phone while going to the bathroom.
-33% of people use their phone while watching t.v.
-29% of people use their phone wheil reading a newspaper.
-There was over $2.4 Billion in merchandise bought/sold via mobile on Ebay in 2010.
-Dec. 2010- USA had 302.9 mobile subscribers. (Thats 96% of the population)
-World population= 6.8 billion: 5.3 billion mobile subscriptions. (77% world population)
-Money spent on mobile marketing and advertising in 2009 was $7.5 Billion
-In 2010, it was $11.5 Billion, it is expected to reach 16.3 Billion in 2011
-In 2012, it its expected to reach $21.2 Billion Dollars Worldwide.
and the numbers will have grown!