{"id":462,"date":"2013-04-09T13:31:38","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T18:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gutcheckamerica.com\/?p=462"},"modified":"2013-04-09T13:36:33","modified_gmt":"2013-04-09T18:36:33","slug":"15-surprising-stats-about-mobile-tech-in-post-desktop-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gutcheckamerica.com\/?p=462","title":{"rendered":"15 Surprising Stats About Mobile Tech in Post-Desktop Era"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"dropcap-first\">The &#8220;desktop&#8221; computer is dead.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, it is.<\/p>\n<p>We are in the post-desktop era and nothing says that louder than the following 15 stats, which I&#8217;ve <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digiday.com\/brands\/15-stats-brands-should-know-about-mobile\">borrowed in whole<\/a> from the good folks at Digiday:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>The U.S. is at <strong>101 percent<\/strong> wireless penetration. (<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctia.org\/media\/industry_info\/index.cfm\/AID\/10323\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">CTIA<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><strong>1 billion<\/strong> smartphones will be shipped globally this year. (<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gartner.com\/newsroom\/id\/2408515\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Gartner<\/span><\/a><\/span>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Apple beats all other phone manufacturers in customer satisfaction for smartphones. (<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jdpower.com\/content\/press-release\/5TAb5Uk\/2013-u-s-wireless-smartphone-satisfaction-study-volume-1-and-2013-u-s-wireless-traditional-mobile-phone-satisfaction-study-volume-1.htm\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">J.D. Power and Associates<\/span><\/a><\/span>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><strong>59 percent<\/strong> of mobile users are as comfortable with mobile advertising as they are with TV and online ads. (<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inmobi.com\/press-releases\/2013\/02\/27\/59-of-global-mobile-web-users-are-now-as-comfortable-with-mobile-advertising-as-they-are-with-tv-or-online-advertising-2\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">InMobi<\/span><\/a><\/span>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><strong>85 percent<\/strong> of mobile users prefer mobile apps over the mobile Web. (<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/offers2.compuware.com\/rs\/compuware\/images\/Mobile_App_Survey_Report.pdf?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRojuKnJZKXonjHpfsX67ekkWa%2Bziokz2EFye%2BLIHETpodcMT8tjNq%2BNFAAgAZVnyRQFGe%2BYbJVX%2B%2BdY\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Compuware<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><strong>75 percent<\/strong> of Americans bring their phones to the bathroom.\u00a0(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/8301-504763_162-57370699-10391704\/survey-75-percent-of-americans-admit-to-using-phone-while-in-bathroom\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">11 Mark<\/span><\/a><\/span>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><strong>15 percent<\/strong> have answered their <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"T-Mobile Cell Phones\" href=\"http:\/\/www.t-mobile.com\/shop\/phones\/&lt;br \/&gt;\n\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"tmobilequarter\">mobile phone<\/a> while having sex. (<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.star1019.com\/pages\/maleko.html?article=9997026\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Wilson Electronics<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Mobile advertising revenue is expected to reach over <strong>$11 billion worldwide<\/strong> this year, up from over $9 billion last year. (<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gartner.com\/newsroom\/id\/2306215\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Gartner<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Mobile drives <strong>23 percent<\/strong> of paid-search clicks. (<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesearchagency.com\/news-views\/press-releases\/paid-search-report-q4-2012.html\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The Search Agency<\/span><\/a><\/span>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Americans spend an average of <strong>158 minutes<\/strong> every day on their smartphones and tablets. (<a href=\"http:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2013\/04\/03\/the-mobile-war-is-over-and-the-app-has-won-80-of-mobile-time-spent-in-apps\/#JOrHSvPqjoLQQMy7.99\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Flurry<\/span>)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><strong>15 percent<\/strong> of mobile users prefer to check financial accounts on smartphones and tablets. (<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/quicken.intuit.com\/investing\/stock-quotes\/INTU\/Intuit-Inc\/Smartphones-Answer-the-Call-to-Ease-Financial-Stress\/600-201303190900BIZWIRE_USPRX____BW5637-1\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Quicken<\/span><\/a><\/span>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><strong>42 percent<\/strong> of consumers using a mobile device while in-store spend more than $1,000. (<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.digby.com\/mobile-statistics\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Interactive Advertising Bureau<\/span><\/a><\/span>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Mobile now accounts for <strong>12 percent<\/strong> of Americans\u2019 media consumption time, triple its share in 2009. (<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/mobile-usage-how-consumers-are-using-their-phones-and-what-it-means-2013-1#ixzz2PtUxSUCu\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">eMarketer<\/span><\/a><\/span>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><strong>39 percent<\/strong> of mobile users access social\u00a0networks from their phones. (<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/mobile-usage-how-consumers-are-using-their-phones-and-what-it-means-2013-1\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Business Insider<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Mobile commerce will account for <strong>15 percent<\/strong> of total e-commerce sales this year. 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