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Edith Yeung (@edithyeung)
Future of Mobile

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12 Countries in 12 Months

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Facts & Figures

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Over 1.5B smartphone subscribers
worldwide with 31% growth and 21%
penetration in 2013

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Americans spend 1.8X times more time in
apps than on computer

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Total number of mobile app downloads is
set to exceed 100 billion this year.

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More Apps than Population of San
Francisco

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State of the Mobile Union &
Predictions for 2014

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Google is the New Microsoft. Samsung
is the new Dell. Android phone price
will continue to fall.

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Google & Apple controls the OSs. Game
developers, Facebook, Amazon, Tencent
& Alibaba will win the mobile money
game.

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Mobile search will take over PC search
in 5 years.

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eCommerce revenue will mostly come from
Mobile. Consumers and merchants wants to
transact on mobile devices, rather than in coins
and cash, credit cards.
Global offline transactions facilitated by
mobile devices will reach about $1.5 trillion

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Developing countries will lead mobile
payment revolution.

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People will spend a lot more on mobile
via in-app or the subscription fee.

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Developers will go global from the start
or get left behind
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