iPad App Store passes three billion app downloads

By Andrew Wray, Wednesday, Jan 4, 2012 a 4:53 pm

ABI Research has a new study showing the iPad App Store has hit three billion downloads since it debuted in 2010.

The iPhone took as long as two years before being able to achieve this level of downloads, while the iPad made it within nearly a year and a half.

This represents roughly 19 percent of all iOS App Store downloads combined, which is a significant slice of the pie in terms of Apple's mobile ecosystem.

In comparison, Android tablets only have around 440 million app downloads thus far, or just a little under one sixth of the amount from Apple's fledgling -- but wildly successful -- tablet device.

Source: ABI Research

Andrew Wray

Andrew Wray is a Salt Lake City, Utah based writer who focuses on news, how-tos, and jailbreak. Andrew also enjoys running, spending time with his daughter, and jamming out on his guitar. He works in a management position for Unisys Technical Services, a subsidiary of Unisys Corporation.

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Micromax says:

Jan 5, 2012 at 5:30 am - 1 year ago

Aww..!! This is just awesome. I cant even imagine that one iPad can have over 140,000 apps. But this seems that the technology is going beyond our expectations.

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