According to Web analytics firm StatCounter, the BlackBerry mobile operating system overtook Apple’s iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch) for the first time in November. In the U.S., Apple iOS devices accounted for 33% of Web traffic while Blackberry reached 34.3%. The data being reported comes from over 15 billion page views on StatCounter’s network of 3 million+ websites, so inconsequential sampling isn’t the issue here.
The second explanation, according to studies, native mobile apps will always be preferred when the mobile Web experience remains poor. Think slow loading times, no mobile site, etc.. What are your thoughts on both explanations? Do you think they hold up? What other factors can you think of that have caused BlackBerry web usage to surge?
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