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I think a key indicator of the equilibrium point is the market share of mobile to desktop in emerging markets. I think we're going to see usage patterns in the

I think a key indicator of the equilibrium point is the market share of mobile to desktop in emerging markets. I think we're going to see usage patterns in the US trend to those over time. For example, check out this graph from the KPCB 2012 internet trends report on internet usage in India: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/120/Screenshots/emerging_market_internet_usage.png https://dl.dropbox.com/u/120/Screenshots/emerging_market_int...

cageface 14y ago
The evidence in the US and UK seems to suggest that people that can afford desktops or laptops aren't so eager to abandon them. It seems just as likely to me that people in developing economies will upgrade to real machines given the chance.
- reddit_clone 14y ago
  It is actually different for economies like India. Majority of the population never had computers or internet. But everyone is starting to have a mobile phone. They are doing an Ice -> Vapour thing skipping a step.
mozami 14y ago
The graph you've linked to looks too symmetrical to be realistic.
- patrickg 14y ago
  If there are only two options that add up to 100% it must be perfectly symmetric.
  - grok2 14y ago
    But why do they add up to 100? What are they measuring to get the data -- traffic in the provider's networks?
    - Danieru 14y ago
      Because that is how percentages work.