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​​📱Smartphone Market Share Seven months ago, on the verge of Samsung’s Galaxy S9 reveal at MWC, the Korean electronics giant still trailed Apple’s lead in the U.S. #smartphone market (among adults, ages 18+), owning 33% of the smartphone market compared to Apple’s 45% share. Today, although Apple and Samsung are still the undisputed leaders in the smartphone market, the overall number of phones that each manufacturer currently has on the market has dropped. Currently on the U.S. smartphone market: - #Apple has 80.4 million (46%) - #Samsung has 60.1 million (34%) - #LG has 20.5 million (12%) 🚀@PerspectiveIX via VertoAnalytics. ❓Which smartphone brand do you mainly use?

​​💪25 Years of Diet & Exercise! 🚀@PerspectiveIX 💌Pulse Weekly. It's not for everybody. It's for you.

​​🏖Digital Detox & Diet In a special study, GWI surveyed 4,438 internet users aged 16-64 in 🇺🇸 & 🇬🇧 and categorised them into three categories: 1. Digital Detoxers (19%): been on a full digital detox, either while travelling or for any other extended time; 2. Digital Dieters (51%): taken steps to cut down their time spent online, such as restricting usage around bedtime; 3. Digitally Comfortable (30%): haven’t felt the need to cut down/out their online activities. Digital detoxers and people who take more moderate means to limit their usage have the same priorities: To spend more time with their families, take part in offline activities, and focus on their health. #SocialMedia 🚀@PerspectiveIX via GWI. ❓Which category are you in?

😍Converging Magnets It's so much fun to watch how each piece moves from start to finish. 🚀@PerspectiveIX ❓How many magnets are there in the video?

​​📺The Largest Pay-TV providers in the US at the End of Q2 2018 According to data compiled by the Leichtman Research Group, the largest pay-TV providers (or subscription-based #TV services) in the US 🇺🇸, representing approximately 95% of all subscribers, had 91.3 million subscribers at the end of Q2 2018, down 400k since the end of the Q1. Meanwhile #Netflix, arguably the biggest threat to the entire industry, ended the Q2 with 57.4 million domestic subscribers. 🚀@PerspectiveIX via Statista.

📱The History of Cell Phones The first cell phone was created in 1973 & released in September 1983. It took 10 years before the first cell phone was sold for $3,995 ($10,000 today). 🚀@PerspectiveIX

​​📲You Only Have Six Days to Save Your App From an analysis of over eight billion installs, across acquisition types, platforms, and verticals, Adjust found that marketers have less than six days (after the last app open) to re-engage users before they uninstall. The study also found that the rate of uninstall varies across verticals, ranging from less than three hours to more than 15 days after the initial installation. Despite the rate at which users uninstall apps, this does not mean all is lost. The study also found that 34% of users who uninstall an app are willing to re-download it again further down the line. 🚀@PerspectiveIX via Econsultancy.

🌍 Really?! All around it you do? #TweetOfTheDay 🚀@PerspectiveIX

​​☀️ We know where you've been this summer! The most checked-in countries on #Facebook: 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇷🇺 Russia #SocialMedia 🚀@PerspectiveIX via Socialbakers.

🤔 When David Choe painted the #Facebook offices in 2005, he could: 💰 get $60k or 📈 get paid in FB stock Now, his shares are worth $200+ MILLION😱 🚀@PerspectiveIX ❓ Which one would you have taken?

​​📽Pay to Play: A Look at the Motivations Behind Spending Money on Video Content While there is a lot to watch on TV for free, consumers won't settle if they don't find something they are really interested in. Meaning, they easily open their wallets for streaming and downloadable content, and to buy physical disks, like DVDs and Blu-Rays. - But who's paying? And why? According to Nielsen, 51% of people in the US ages 13+ reported buying a physical video in the past year, and 42% purchased digital videos. 📀 Motivations for Purchasing Physical Videos: - 51% DVD/Blu-ray device ownership - 40% Enjoy adding to collection - 33% Doesn't require internet connection - 27% Bonus features ⬇️ Reasons for Purchasing Digital Long-form Videos: - 49% More convenient - 42% Ability to watch across different devices - 40% Video quality is better 🚀@PerspectiveIX via Nielsen. ❓Which one do you prefer?

​​❌The Emoji that Chinese iPhones Don't Show! The iOS emoji keyboard doesn't show the 🇹🇼 Taiwan flag at all if the region is set to China. The character presents as a missing character (☒) when viewed on websites or in messages on a Chinese iPhone! 🚀@PerspectiveIX via Emojipedia.