New York Times + Warner-Bross + Time Inc + Simon & Schuster 2012: Apple CFO, Peter Oppenheimer - We run the AppStore just a little over breakeven 2016: ... the public had spent USD 1.1 B at the App Store in a two-week period covering Christmas and New Year's ( Ref: Appleinsider ) 2016: Jan. 1 was reportedly the biggest single day in the App Store's history, with over USD 144 M in traffic 14 / 92
App Store is a relatively minor source of income for Apple, strong app sales are essential to the company's health. It depends on apps as a reason for people to buy iOS devices. People who buy iOS apps are also more likely to be "locked" into the Apple ecosystem, since they would suddenly lose that content after switching to Android or Windows. 15 / 92
to Offer Dollars and User Engagement Partner to Apple : Content, Apps, Services Developers, SW Publishers, Content Retailers, Content Owners, Internet Players, Brands 25 / 92
& Relax on the Go (Computing on the Go) Complements Apps & Content Boost Demand Ease User Effort to Discover & Obtain Apps Bundle with Demand Apple Devices 27 / 92
we didn't need mobiles ... But now, look around you, mobiles are everywhere! Indoors and outdoors, they consume attention ... And we need them like a fish needs water! Mobile 1.0 Early Mobile 2.0 A Global Communication Phenomenon 6 Billions Global Text Messages (2010) 200,000 Messages/Sec Average teen sends/receives 3,339 messages every month. This is equivalent to 14 hours of attention (15 s/msg). The rise of social network -> Gen Y 2010: 9 hours/month 34 / 92
Mobile Telephony Network: 2G First Internet-Capable Mobile Relatively, Poor User Experience Mobile 2.0 Mobile Computing Network: 3G, 3G+ First Internet-Centric Mobile Usable, Can Do Things 100x Processing Power 69 / 92
First Internet-Friendly Mobile Productive Can Do More, Faster Mobile 3.0 IoT 4G, 4G+ .. when most of our digital services will have become mobilized 71 / 92
Weather Music Camera Phone EMail Adress Safari Calendar iTunes iBooks News pm 1 GHz Millions of Transistors Millions of Transistors... A Computer! 74 / 92
October 2014 3. VisionMobile - Business Models of Mobile Ecosystems 4. Appleinsider - App Store reached estimated $6.4 billion ... 5. Apple iPhone Revenue by Quarter 2007-2016 | Statistic 6. ITU - ICT Facts and Figures 2015 7. Ericsson Mobility Report 8. The Mobile Playbook 91 / 92