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As a developer, I don't care about hardware marketshare--I care about the mindshare of people willing to buy apps. In particular, the iPhone has trained peoopl

As a developer, I don't care about hardware marketshare--I care about the mindshare of people willing to buy apps. In particular, the iPhone has trained peoople to buy apps at $0.99. Crappy price, but at least they're buying. Android revenues are low compared to the iPhone in spite of their marketshare--the top apps are something like 400-500/day according to the developers I've talked to. You can make a living at it, but you can't (yet) start hiring comfortably. Wake me up when the app market is competitive with the iPhone.

yason 16y ago
And since when being conditioned to buy apps has been associated with good or desired phone ownership?
- catch23 16y ago
  Higher chance of having better apps. Games don't really survive in a low-profit environment -- graphics/sounds/assets costs money usually. There aren't a lot of great open source games.
jacquesm 16y ago
> In particular, the iPhone has trained peoople to buy apps at $0.99. is that so ? > Crappy price, but at least they're buying. I thought the vast majority of the downloads was free, but I definitely could be wrong.
- andreyf 16y ago
  is that so? No. Of the currently top grossing apps, only about 20% are $0.99. I thought the vast majority of the downloads was free, but I definitely could be wrong. You are right: http://metrics.admob.com/2010/02/january-2010-mobile-metrics-report/ http://metrics.admob.com/2010/02/january-2010-mobile-metrics...
jokermatt999 16y ago
True, but you also take the risk of arbitrary app rejection with the iPhone market.
ori_b 16y ago
> Wake me up when the app market is competitive with the iPhone. the money market isn't in small end-user games. It's in custom business apps, where you are paid for initial developement and licensing by a company for a specific product that they want their employees to use. At least, that's how I see it.

yason 16y ago

And since when being conditioned to buy apps has been associated with good or desired phone ownership?

catch23 16y ago
Higher chance of having better apps. Games don't really survive in a low-profit environment -- graphics/sounds/assets costs money usually. There aren't a lot of great open source games.

jacquesm 16y ago

> In particular, the iPhone has trained peoople to buy apps at $0.99. is that so ? > Crappy price, but at least they're buying. I thought the vast majority of the downloads was free, but I definitely could be wrong.

andreyf 16y ago
is that so? No. Of the currently top grossing apps, only about 20% are $0.99. I thought the vast majority of the downloads was free, but I definitely could be wrong. You are right: http://metrics.admob.com/2010/02/january-2010-mobile-metrics-report/ http://metrics.admob.com/2010/02/january-2010-mobile-metrics...

jokermatt999 16y ago

True, but you also take the risk of arbitrary app rejection with the iPhone market.

ori_b 16y ago

> Wake me up when the app market is competitive with the iPhone. the money market isn't in small end-user games. It's in custom business apps, where you are paid for initial developement and licensing by a company for a specific product that they want their employees to use. At least, that's how I see it.