Phone Size Data Usage
November 19, 2013 by staff
Phone Size Data Usage, Larger phone screens lead to more mobile content use. Data consumption on smartphones with screens 4.5 inches and up was 44% greater than those with screens below that size, at 7.2 GB to 5.0 GB.
Larger-screen devices make up a growing portion of the smartphone market. During the past year, they have risen from only 11% of retail models to 28% at the end of the third quarter, per a new NPD Group study. That trend has pushed up data usage on smartphones overall by 19% over that period.
Samsung’s Galaxy line of phones helped popularize bigger screen sizes — and Android-based phones from other manufacturers, like Motorola and HTC, have followed that pattern with their own top-of-the line devices. The Samsung Galaxy S4, for instance, has a 5-inch screen, and the Galaxy Note 3 “phablet” boasts a 6-inch screen. Expect more of the same.
“OEMs are poised to continue increasing the product assortment and availability of smartphones with larger screen sizes in the coming years,” said John Buffone, director of NPD’s Connected Intelligence service, in releasing the findings. That should benefit carriers in particular, since it means data consumption will continue to rise.
A report from Chetan Sharma Consulting last week showed that mobile data revenue now makes up nearly half (48%) of total U.S. carrier services’ revenue. The NPD study found that people with 4.5-inch or larger screens consumed more app content across categories including social media, navigation, video, retail and music.
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