SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Smartphones and mobile apps have experienced an enormous amount of growth in the past six years. In 2012, smartphone growth is expected to jump 25% as people exchange their feature phones for more advanced devices. Consequently, the demand for Android apps has doubled in just eight months to 400,000 apps available in the Android market.

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Highlights:

• Global smartphone sales are expected to grow 25% in 2012 (tweet this)
• The Android Market surpassed the 400,000 app mark in December 2011 (tweet this)
• ABI Research predicts annual Android app downloads for smartphones to hit 58 billion by 2016 (tweet this)
• Downloads of new apps from China grew from 1.2% in January 2011 to 12% in October 2011 (tweet this)

View the infographic here: http://blog.mylookout.com/blog/2012/02/06/smartphone-and-app-growth-soars-infographic/

SOURCE Column Five Media

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