Blackberry Tops!
Posted in Geekery, Mobile, Observations on February 5th, 2010 by Marian van der Linden – Tags: Mobile, South African Mobile Stats, statistics
Marian
Who would have thought that Blackberry would be the most used handset?
Most used Handsets used on m.24.com
| 1. BlackBerry 9000 | 4.9% |
| 2. Nokia 6820 | 4.6% |
| 3. BlackBerry 8310 | 4.3% |
| 4. BlackBerry 8900 | 4.2% |
| 5. Nokia N70 | 3.9% |
| 6. Nokia E71 | 2.8% |
| 7. Nokia 6300 | 1.9% |
| 8. Nokia N95 | 1.8% |
| 9. Nokia 6110 | 1.6% |
| 10. Nokia E50 | 1.5% |
The other top 10 devices for…
Opera Mini
1. Samsung SGH-E250
2. Nokia 5130 XpressMusic
3. Nokia 5000d
4. LG KS360
5. Samsung SGH-D900i
6. Samsung SGH-M620
7. Nokia 6300
8. Sony Ericsson W910i
9. Nokia N70
10. Samsung GT-S5233A
Admob
1. Samsung E250
2. Samsung M620
3. LG KS360
4. Motorola V360
5. Nokia N70
6. Samsung J700
7. Samsung J750
8. Samsung E250i
9. LG KG290
10. Sony Ericsson 350i
More interesting South African mobile stats:
Top 10 sites in South Africa – Opera mini, Dec 09
1. facebook.com
2. google.com
3. mxit.com (after a 2 month absence)
4. wikepedia.com
5. my.opera.com
6. yahoo.com
7. zamob.com
8. getjar.com
9. yahoo.com
10. twitter.com
Top Social networks visited – Opera mini, Dec 09
1. Facebook.com
2. My.opera.com
3. Twitter.com
4. Peperonity.com
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February 9th, 2010 12:03 am
Nice post.
Actually the stats aren’t as surprising if you consider your target audience. m.24.com is a News website which targets professionals people that are more likely to be wanting to view news on the go. Blackberry is the business mobile solution
It does surprise me that the E250 doesn’t feature on your top 10 list considering its market share in SA but I guess that just isn’t currently your target audience.
Interesting that Iphone/Andoird don’t feature do they get the mobile or the standard site?
February 12th, 2010 12:42 pm
Hey David
Neither. Our iPhone and Android apps make direct use of our news feeds for a fast browsing experience. Coupled with custom built UIs results in much higher news consumption on these devices than via the mobile site. We do still have sections on the apps that browse to the mobile site e.g. Astro, Lotto, TV times etc, but will look to phase those out over time.
RIM have been hard at work in SA attracting “Consumer” (or “non-Business”) users with their great value Blackberry packages.
February 12th, 2010 1:32 pm
I was wondering about what percentage of your Iphone/Android user base uses the app instead of the mobile website?
I guess the because of the store type vibe for Apple/Android the cost(user time+effort) between website browsing is negligible.
Ye RIM has grown hugely in SA market over even the last 6months.
February 18th, 2010 1:46 pm
HI,
Is there anywhere we can preview this new m.24.com site?