App Store Reaches 25 Million Downloads

Edward Kirk · July 21st, 2008, 07:56 PM

Within just the first weekend of the App Store's launch on Friday, July 11th, over 10 million apps were downloaded for the iPhone and iPod touch. Now, 10 days later, the store has over 900 apps available, 20% of which are free, and downloads from the store have reached over 25 million.

The App Store's user base is steadily continuing to grow, with over 6 million iPhones in the wild, and now already over 1 million iPhone 3G's in the hands of users with the App Store pre-installed. That doesn't even mention the iPod touch, which is one of the other strong drivers of App Store sales.

Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer believes that another likely driving force behind the high app sales is app prices. "More than 90 percent [are] priced at less than $10," he said during their Q3 conference call with investors. "Customers are really loving the App Store."

If its current popularity holds out, it could likely become a powerful revenue generator for Apple, with the company raking in 30% of all sales for themselves.

xxx · July 21st, 2008, 09:12 PM #2

again, more impressive numbers to go with their quarterly update. They are just dominating the market.

imagine engine · July 22nd, 2008, 08:29 AM #3

They need to remove the 10 MB download cap for users over the carrier HSPA network instead of only allowing app downloads that are over 10 MB while on WIFI or when sync to iTunes. When attempting to download any apps over 10 MB from the App Store a user currently gets a pop up alert letting them know they need to download over WIFI or download to iTunes then sync to the iPhone. I found this out when attempting to download Monkey Ball but had no problem downloading Crash Bandicoot.

Stephen007 · July 22nd, 2008, 01:01 PM #4

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Originally Posted by imagine engine

They need to remove the 10 MB download cap

Realistically I'm presuming that there has to be a limit, probably set by AT&T so as to not overload their network with massive file downloads.

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Edward Kirk WrAdminterizer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Illinois, USA Posts: 3,084 Thanks: 19 Thanked 26 Times in 25 Posts	App Store Reaches 25 Million Downloads - July 21st, 2008, 07:56 PM #1
	<script language="JavaScript" src="http://adserver1.backbeatmedia.com/servlet/ajrotator/13894/222/viewJScript?pool=13886&type=3158&pos=20&zone=5000"></script> Within just the first weekend of the App Store's launch on Friday, July 11th, over 10 million apps were downloaded for the iPhone and iPod touch. Now, 10 days later, the store has over 900 apps available, 20% of which are free, and downloads from the store have reached over 25 million. The App Store's user base is steadily continuing to grow, with over 6 million iPhones in the wild, and now already over 1 million iPhone 3G's in the hands of users with the App Store pre-installed. That doesn't even mention the iPod touch, which is one of the other strong drivers of App Store sales. Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer believes that another likely driving force behind the high app sales is app prices. "More than 90 percent [are] priced at less than $10," he said during their Q3 conference call with investors. "Customers are really loving the App Store." If its current popularity holds out, it could likely become a powerful revenue generator for Apple, with the company raking in 30% of all sales for themselves. __________________ About my iPhone: iPhone & Color: iPhone 3G 16GB White iPhone Version: 3.0 Computer & OS: MacBook Pro 15", Mac OS X 10.5.4 Twitter

xxx Rocks the Board Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: North East Posts: 352 Thanks: 2 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	July 21st, 2008, 09:12 PM #2
	again, more impressive numbers to go with their quarterly update. They are just dominating the market.

imagine engine Rocks the Board Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada Posts: 184 Thanks: 3 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	July 22nd, 2008, 08:29 AM #3
	They need to remove the 10 MB download cap for users over the carrier HSPA network instead of only allowing app downloads that are over 10 MB while on WIFI or when sync to iTunes. When attempting to download any apps over 10 MB from the App Store a user currently gets a pop up alert letting them know they need to download over WIFI or download to iTunes then sync to the iPhone. I found this out when attempting to download Monkey Ball but had no problem downloading Crash Bandicoot. __________________ SOHO: Maya, Mudbox, Toxik, FCS 3, iLife 09, iWork 09, Office, TC 1TB, iPhone 3G. Last edited by imagine engine; July 22nd, 2008 at 08:34 AM.