To Mobile or Not to Mobile
If you’ve had any doubt ‘til now, I think the following stats courtesy of HubSpot will change your mind real quick:
Mobile in 2012
- Mobile internet users will reach 113.9 million in 2012, up 17.1% from 97.3 million in 2011.
- Smartphone users will reach 106.7 million in 2012, up 18.4% from 2011.
- In 2012, 94% of smartphones users will be mobile internet users.
- All mobile phone users will reach 242.6 million in 2012, up 2.3% from 2011.
- Mobile shoppers will reach 72.8 million in 2012.
- Mobile buyers will reach 37.5 million in 2012.
- Smartphone shoppers will reach 68.6 million in 2012.
- Smartphone buyers will reach 36.4 million in 2012.
- Tablet users will reach 54.8 million in 2012, up 62.8% from 33.7 million in 2011.
- iPad users will reach 41.9 million in 2012.
- In 2012, 76.4% of tablet users will be iPad users.
- Adult-aged eReader users will reach 45.6 million in 2012, up from 33.3 million in 2011.
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