[Cialug] iPhone vs Android

[kristau]

The simplest answer is that the C-levels at Gannett all have iPhones in
their pockets.

On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 2:49 PM, Todd Walton <tdwalton at gmail.com> wrote:

> It has long boggled my mind why it seems so common for some organization to
> produce a phone app for iPhone but not Android. Close to home, the biggest
> offender is the Des Moines Register. They made an app for iOS for RAGBRAI,
> but not for Android, and the same for a new "things to do in Des Moines"
> app. They promised an Android version Real Soon Now, but we're still
> waiting.
>
> What is so hard about making an app for Android? You'd think the least they
> could do is write the thing in HTML5 and show a mobile website on both
> platforms.
>
> Android phones clearly outnumber iPhones in the U.S. and worldwide, and
> it's not like Des Moines Register's audience (or the audience of any of the
> other apps I've seen do this) are iPhone heavy. Why would a company limit
> themselves by deliberately rolling out to a smaller audience and then
> waiting years to go to Android? (Or never going, for some of them.)
>
> I thought it might be that iPhone is where the money is. But there's info
> on that here:
>
>
> https://medium.com/its-an-app-world/march-2015-iphone-vs-android-monetization-capabilities-you-won-t-believe-who-won-7a02fde2dc2
>
> # of phones worldwide:
> iPhone: 600,000,000
> Android: 1,700,000,000
>
> Yearly Downloads:
> iPhone: 22,000,000,000
> Android: 51,000,000,000
>
> In App Purchase Revenue:
> iPhone: $10,000,000,000
> Android: $6,000,000,000
>
> In App Ad Impressions:
> iPhone: 580,000,000,000
> Android: 1,210,000,000,000
>
> Ad Revenue:
> iPhone: $3,300,000,000
> Android: $4,500,000,000
>
> That doesn't look like a clear case for iPhone being the money maker,
> especially in the case of the Register, being driven by ads.
>
> Anyone have any insight? What's so special about iPhone that so many people
> choose to distribute there, and not on Android?
>
> --
> Todd
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