Almost Half of iPhone Internet Usage are From Wi-Fi

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Do you use your iPhone to surf the web via Wi-Fi? Ad mob reports about half of the traffic comes from Wi-Fi instead of 3G or Edge networks. They came up with the conclusion through their ad networks worldwide. This is an anomaly for Wi-Fi capable cell phones. Android phones only get 10 to 20% of users from Wi-Fi networks. The report also states that iPhone users spend more time on iPhone specific applications and sites rather than normal, unadapted websites.

What could this mean? This could mean most people uses their iPhone to surf the web when they are at home or in the office. Even though they already have a computer or laptop handy, iPhone is still an viable option to browse the web, especially on those iPhone specific websites. This is also a success for Apple and AT&T. Apples has successfully design the iPhone’s user interface to allow for easy Wi-fi setup, and possibly forcing Wi-Fi with its restricted access to iTunes. For AT&T, less strain on its networks means less complaints and more time to build a better 3G network.