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So you've got a million dollar iPhone app idea...

107 pointsby bdotdubalmost 16 years ago

5 comments

acgourleyalmost 16 years ago
He claims " 54% of the 45M devices are in the US which means ~ 25M devices. The US has about 300M people. That means about 8% of the general American population has one of these devices."<p>However, this doesn't take in account broken phones or people upgrading iphones (and then not cycling the old phone back into the market place).<p>I would guess this number is 30% higher than it should be, at least.
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pclarkalmost 16 years ago
if i could upvote this twice, I would.<p>found this post really useful. 3% of iPhone owners bought the most popular app.
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chanuxalmost 16 years ago
"So you've got a million dollar iPhone app idea...?"<p>Think before implement. Apple might reject you.
nlalmost 16 years ago
Where does he get the 45 mil iPhones/iPod Touch number from? The linked earnings call broke the numbers down as:<p>iPhone units: 5.2 million iPod units: 10.2 million<p>I don't see the iPod touch vs "traditional" iPod breakdown anywhere.<p>(Also, people outside the US do buy apps!)
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steve_mobsalmost 16 years ago
thanks for the good information