Mobile has come far in the last year with beacons and mobile payments getting a big boost. But those numbers are expected to grow even more in the next year. Here are nine stats to prove it!
By the end of 2014, 6.9 billion people will have cell phone plans. That’s about 95 percent of the world’s population.
There are 143 million smartphones and 71 million tablets smartphones in the US.
Five percent of smartphone owners aged 18-44 can’t recall the last time they didn’t have their mobile next to them
A survey of UK smartphone users found that they use their phones for 221 tasks consuming three hours and 16 minutes per day.
In Europe, mobile commerce is expected to account for nearly 50 percent of all online sales by 2018, according to Forrester.
In the last year, purchases made using a smartphone or tablet increased 48 percent to $8 billion.
It’s just young people shopping on mobile – 25 percent of mobile shoppers in the US are over the age of 55.
Half of B2B vendors sell through mobile phones and that is expected to rise to 75 percent by the end of 2014.
Mobile advertising has doubled from $4.4 billion in 2012 to $8.5 billion in 2013. By 2017, mobile advertising is expected to hit $31.1 billion.
It’s safe to say 2015 will be another big year for mobile! What are you most excited to see?