iOS and Android See Historic Rates of Growth

[Maura]

The Next Web reports today that according to a new report from app analytics firm Flurry, iOS and Android devices are enjoying a period of astonishingly rapid adoption-rate growth, with the current rate of growth being greater than that of any other consumer technology ever in history. Aside from the obvious growth of smartphone adoption, as the Next Web says, what is possibly most remarkable about these statistics are the comparisons with other areas of the industry. For example, Flurry’s figures show that iOS and Android devices are being adopted at a rate of 10x faster than PCs were being adopted during the 80s PC “revolution”, 2x faster than the adoption rate of the 90s Internet boom period, and 3x the recent social networks boom period. Flurry also says that approximately 640 million iOS and Android devices were being used in the last month. Also interesting is seeing the breakdown of countries where iOS and Android devices are being adopted fastest, with China out in front at 401% and Chile in second place with 279%, just ahead of Brazil with 220%.

Source: Flurry: iOS/Android Growing Faster Than Any Consumer Tech