Agreed. Been accomplished with some success in both iPhone vs. iPad and iPhone standard res vs. Retina.
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App Store's Meteoric Growth Compared to iTunes Song Downloads
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Agreed. Been accomplished with some success in both iPhone vs. iPad and iPhone standard res vs. Retina.
paid vs paid is a non-follower
apple doesn't care about selling content (other than to cover costs) at this point. This is all about making the ipod/pad/phone a 'must have device.'
It has the lead on downloads. We all know they are more than breakeven on the store fronts. we all know that Android and Amazon and Win 7 can't compete for 'club members' and developers/content people know it... And Androit can't compete on interface (well it can... with a 1000 different flavors... each tailored, but none consistent).
I can't see this graph maintaining it's asymtotic growth curve until
- ITMS has a major overhaul
- Ping comes to apps
- Ping integreates into video
- The fear of 'on demand download' (no local storage of content) is overcome by better 3g/LTE/xxx coverage [mobile bandwidth becomes as fast/reliable/cheap[<$30 month unlimited]
Bottom line, Intuitive Experience/Interface is King, Content is Queen, instant access to content is the Ace in the hole. By that standard, opening up the US Markets to better mobile bandwidth [AKA verizon LTE and sprint 4G] is the 'knee moment' for Apple.
This game moves is a race to the tablet/cloud centric computing model. Apple is ahead, in that it owns the transaction processing (Think Visa), AND it is defining (or better refining to useful) the end experience, and Fulfillment. For Online content, Apple has bested Amazon, Walmart, Microsoft, and will continue to do so, as none of those 'own' the entire customer experience cycle
apple doesn't care about selling content (other than to cover costs) at this point. This is all about making the ipod/pad/phone a 'must have device.'
It has the lead on downloads. We all know they are more than breakeven on the store fronts. we all know that Android and Amazon and Win 7 can't compete for 'club members' and developers/content people know it... And Androit can't compete on interface (well it can... with a 1000 different flavors... each tailored, but none consistent).
I can't see this graph maintaining it's asymtotic growth curve until
- ITMS has a major overhaul
- better organization (possibly even 'breaking up the stores')
- better search/navigation
- better storefront for 'niche' users (customizing the store for your preferences... move 'genius/Ping/rotten tomatoes/NYTBooks into the front... and allow me to customize'... or allow others to build custom storefronts for me).
- Ping et al gets the bugs worked out and social recommendations become the rage... this disintermediates the major record labels, as well as getting the - better search/navigation
- better storefront for 'niche' users (customizing the store for your preferences... move 'genius/Ping/rotten tomatoes/NYTBooks into the front... and allow me to customize'... or allow others to build custom storefronts for me).
- Ping comes to apps
- Ping integreates into video
- The fear of 'on demand download' (no local storage of content) is overcome by better 3g/LTE/xxx coverage [mobile bandwidth becomes as fast/reliable/cheap[<$30 month unlimited]
Bottom line, Intuitive Experience/Interface is King, Content is Queen, instant access to content is the Ace in the hole. By that standard, opening up the US Markets to better mobile bandwidth [AKA verizon LTE and sprint 4G] is the 'knee moment' for Apple.
This game moves is a race to the tablet/cloud centric computing model. Apple is ahead, in that it owns the transaction processing (Think Visa), AND it is defining (or better refining to useful) the end experience, and Fulfillment. For Online content, Apple has bested Amazon, Walmart, Microsoft, and will continue to do so, as none of those 'own' the entire customer experience cycle
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Another couple things to think about here:
Many people rip CDs and illegally download music. Apps, despite jailbreaking, are usually only found in the app store.
The number of free apps is absolutely a factor.
On another note, I'm thinking Apple made the right move by playing things safe with the Apple TV update. Everyone says "apps on the tv" but I can't imagine a really compelling implementation of that yet. Let everyone else make that mistake. I don't believe this is the future. Not as a regular iOS device. I think Aplle's big living room move is still a couple years away with an actual television with Mac built in.
Nothing less would give Apple the ability to remove the need to switch inputs, get completely away from another hardware manufacturers interface, build the sexy hardware that they are known for, and bring everything into their closed loop ecosystem. I think the time frame is still a couple years because I don't think there is quite enough content on ITMS yet to actually replace Cable and because the most die hard fans are already spent out with iPhone 4 upgrades and ipads this year.
Looking forward to a 42" and 60" Apple Television in 2 years.
Another couple things to think about here:
Many people rip CDs and illegally download music. Apps, despite jailbreaking, are usually only found in the app store.
The number of free apps is absolutely a factor.
On another note, I'm thinking Apple made the right move by playing things safe with the Apple TV update. Everyone says "apps on the tv" but I can't imagine a really compelling implementation of that yet. Let everyone else make that mistake. I don't believe this is the future. Not as a regular iOS device. I think Aplle's big living room move is still a couple years away with an actual television with Mac built in.
Nothing less would give Apple the ability to remove the need to switch inputs, get completely away from another hardware manufacturers interface, build the sexy hardware that they are known for, and bring everything into their closed loop ecosystem. I think the time frame is still a couple years because I don't think there is quite enough content on ITMS yet to actually replace Cable and because the most die hard fans are already spent out with iPhone 4 upgrades and ipads this year.
Looking forward to a 42" and 60" Apple Television in 2 years.
Charts can say anything the presenter wants it to say.
With Music....I want to be able to play in the car on the way home from the store....less likely to purchase a whole CD on iTunes.
With Apps/Games....I can only play them on the iphone (or ipod/ipad) and thus I am fine grabbing them via the App Store.
A friend was selling his game console and said how he could sell the physical games but couldn't really make money on the ones he bought via that systems "App Store"
And, as people have said people were wary of buying music they owned or songs when teh iTMS came out ..... and now, people have many iOS devices to buy things on.
With Music....I want to be able to play in the car on the way home from the store....less likely to purchase a whole CD on iTunes.
With Apps/Games....I can only play them on the iphone (or ipod/ipad) and thus I am fine grabbing them via the App Store.
A friend was selling his game console and said how he could sell the physical games but couldn't really make money on the ones he bought via that systems "App Store"
And, as people have said people were wary of buying music they owned or songs when teh iTMS came out ..... and now, people have many iOS devices to buy things on.
talking about Apple TV apps....does it even have the weather widget or calendar widget (should have said Apps)??
that would be useful on the Apple TV to quickly look at the weather or a calendar event. at least have some nominal apps on it if nothing else.
Can you buy songs on the Apple TV and then they are on your iTunes?
thanks
that would be useful on the Apple TV to quickly look at the weather or a calendar event. at least have some nominal apps on it if nothing else.
Can you buy songs on the Apple TV and then they are on your iTunes?
thanks
If half the music on iTunes was free I think we'd see a sharp rise in music downloads.
Exactly I would like to see paid downloads of apps vs songs both in just amount of downloads and dollars.
All very good points.
It would be very interesting to see a chart of iTunes revenue vs AppStore revenue....
skimming a bit off the top of every piece of software written for your operating system! Genius!
from Distimo (july):
.................................iPhone / iPad
avg price for all paid apps $4.31/$5.01
avg price for top 100 Paid apps 2.15/6.29
avg price for top 100 Grossing apps 6.93/9.94
available free apps is around 26%-30% (and dropping)
available paid apps is around 70%-74%
The critical stat does not provide is what % of apps are purchased.
(my guess is: alot less than 70% !)
by comparison, the avg iTunes song is $1.29, some $0.99
P.
.................................iPhone / iPad
avg price for all paid apps $4.31/$5.01
avg price for top 100 Paid apps 2.15/6.29
avg price for top 100 Grossing apps 6.93/9.94
available free apps is around 26%-30% (and dropping)
available paid apps is around 70%-74%
The critical stat does not provide is what % of apps are purchased.
(my guess is: alot less than 70% !)
by comparison, the avg iTunes song is $1.29, some $0.99
P.
Good point. But 'meteoric' is usually alluding to the very fast speed of a meteoroid.
Not to be "that" guy but i think piracy has a lot to do with it...i know A LOT of people who pirate :\
Free apps > pay apps, no doubt, but it proves the popularity of the apps.
Apps IS where it is at, which makes the iPod Nano '10 so stupid. That should have been the $99 Shuffle+, the old display 8GB no cams iPT falling into $149 or even the $129 slot. Apps+Games+Music+Video makes the iPT worthy of as many customers as possible.
Apps IS where it is at, which makes the iPod Nano '10 so stupid. That should have been the $99 Shuffle+, the old display 8GB no cams iPT falling into $149 or even the $129 slot. Apps+Games+Music+Video makes the iPT worthy of as many customers as possible.
yeah the numbers are exactly related, but really both are very impressive. i don't think it will happen this year though, but we'll see