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> I can't remember the %, but it seems unlikely, in the fact of all that competition that it was as high as 30%. Many of the J2ME etc app stores prior to Apple
by objclxt 7y ago
> I can't remember the %, but it seems unlikely, in the fact of all that competition that it was as high as 30%.
Many of the J2ME etc app stores prior to Apple were run by network carriers, and their cuts were considerably higher than 30% - upwards of 50%, even more for things like direct carrier billing (the app would be charged to your phone bill).
- redwall_hp 7y agoWouldn't Palm, Windows CE and Newton be a better analogue than dumbphones? The original iPhone had more in common with PDAs and the first wave of smartphones (Nokia N800 et al) than with little Motorola flip phones.
- hrktb 7y ago“dumbphones” had very useful and prolific apps with integrated carrier billing depending on the country. Motorola phones might have been truely “dumb”, that wasn’t true for a Casio or a Panasonic phone for instance.