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Android software development relatively unprofitable

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“Hall’s position is backed up by a studyPDF by the market
researchers at AdMob. Their study indicates that the Android Market
is far less profitable for software developers than the Apple’s App
Store. While half of iPhone owners buy at least one application per
month, only 19 per cent of Android users do the same. With user
population estimates of 3 million Android users compared to 26.4
million iPhone users, AdMob estimates that around $5 million will
be spent on Android applications in a month, compared to $125
million spent on iPhone applications.”


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