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How to Become a Millionaire Developing iPhone Apps

Sébastien Page ∙ March 19, 2011

We all know you can quickly and easily become a millionaire simply by developing a few iPhone apps, right? Of course I'm being a tad sarcastic here but when the App Store was first launched, making iPhone apps was the new gold rush.

Things have changed quite a bit since then. With a few hundred thousand apps in the App Store, being a successful app developer is harder than ever, and it's not going to get any easier.

The folks over at InstantShift created a nice infographics to illustrate how to make a million dollars selling apps, in just 581,395 easy steps...

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The 7 Types of iPhone Owners

Alex Heath ∙ Updated January 24, 2016

It seems like everyone and their mother is getting an iPhone these days. Millions upon millions of iPhones have been sold, and it has become increasingly evident that there are several stereotypical "types" of people that use the iPhone.

A clever infographic has been made showcasing the 7 main types of iPhone users. Take a look to see which type you fall under...

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Infographic Confirms That iPhone Users Prefer Regular Apps Over Web Apps

Alex Heath ∙ January 28, 2011

Well, that's a big shocker. Apparently iPhone users care more about native apps than web apps.

The guys over at Appsfire, a cool app discovery service, made an infographic report demonstrating how most users like regular apps over web apps. Appsfire analyzed 1,000 of its user's devices to determine some insight into the web v.s. native app debate.

Web applications are becoming more and more advanced everyday, but they still can't replicate certain functionalities of native iOS apps. The infographic from Appsfire is pretty self-explanatory. Let's check it out...

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How Much Have You Spent On iPhone Apps?

Alex Heath ∙ Updated January 28, 2019

There are plenty of industry reports and infographics that give us an idea about the state of Apple's App Store. Apps are being sold at an average price of less than $2.50 each, and there is speculation that app sales could be a $34 billion dollar industry by 2014. In 2010, iOS users spent an average of only $4 each month on apps.

I have a feeling that the user statistic of $4 a month is a product of the way that averaging statistics bend numbers. There is still a huge divide between what most would call "power users," and the "average users" of technologies like the smartphone. (If you read iDB, most likely you're a power user.)

There are people that are really into buying and trying different apps, and those people purchase a lot of apps. Then there is the vast sea of average, mom-and-dad iOS users who may download a free app every now and then, but don't make money purchases in the App Store too often. The good news is, you can easily see how much you're spent in the App Store with a nifty utility for Mac OS X...

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An Interesting Infographic On The App Store

Alex Heath ∙ Updated March 9, 2016

The folks over at App of the Day have put together a nice, comprehensive infographic on the state of the App Store. Their work is based on the App Store as of December 7, 2010.

The infographic addresses overall statistics and some insightful numbers on the mechanics of how the App Store operates.

For instance, out of the 300,000+ apps in the App Store, 85% are for the iPhone only. 67% of apps are paid and 33% are free. There are more universal apps than there are iPad apps. Out of all apps, 50% are between $0.99 and $2.99...

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Infographics: The Real Cost of iPhone 4 Ownership Compared to Other Smartphones

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated January 23, 2016

Are you curious to see how much the iPhone 4 stacks up against the other major smartphones in term of cost of ownership?

This nice infographics created by Bill Shrink puts the iPhone 4 side by side 3 Android phones and compares the cost of ownership over a 2 year period.

This shows that the iPhone is doing ok on the unlimited data plan, and it's actually the cheapest of them all in the Minimum Plan Total Cost category. It's worth noting that AT&T's minimum data plan will cap you at 200MB while other carriers still offer unlimited data plans.

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