According to a survey from Doremus and the Financial Times, 43% of surveyed global executives say they "use many apps" on their smartphones and tablet devices with news and weather apps among
the most popular.
Representing a mix of industries and company sizes:
Among executives who own both a smartphone and a tablet device:
- 75% use news apps loaded
on their smartphone, and 87% use such apps via tablet
- 70% use weather apps via smartphone, and 73% do so via tablet
- 70% use navigation, map, and location apps via
smartphone, and 68% use such apps via tablet
Most tablet owners use their devices extensively:
- 70% of tablet owners say they "use many apps" on their
tablets; among them, 80% use news apps and 70% use weather apps
- Among the 11 tablet activities listed in the survey, six are used on a regular basis: consuming news, accessing
websites, searching online, managing bank accounts, downloading apps, and using apps
Mobile apps use varies by age:
- Execs under age of 45 spend more time
than those age 55+ playing games, watching videos/movies, and shopping
- Execs age 55+ are more likely than those under age 45 to use their tablets for news, general reference,
and checking weather
- Visiting websites is the only tablet activity that both age groups participate in to the same degree
North American execs
are the heaviest users of mobile apps, whereas execs in Asia use them least, the study also found.
Travel apps are far more popular via tablet device than smartphone (64% vs. 47%), as are
entertainment apps (67% vs. 40%) and shopping apps (52% vs. 27%); however, that gap is somewhat narrower among users of social networking apps (56% vs. 43%).
Mobile and Tablet Apps Installed (% of Respondents) |
| Installed On: |
Applicaton | Tablet | Mobile |
News | 87% | 75% |
Weather | 73 | 70 |
Navigation/Maps | 68 | 70 |
Utilities | 63 | 62 |
Music | 63 | 59 |
Finance | 61 | 55 |
Travel | 64 | 47 |
Social networking | 56 | 43 |
Entertainment | 67 | 40 |
Reference | 61 | 37 |
Books/reading | 86 | 37 |
Shopping | 52 | 27 |
Lifestyle | 36 | 16 |
Source: Decision Dynamics Tech Survey, Doremus & Financial Times, April 2012 |
Daniel Rothman, Director of Research in the Americas for the
Financial Times, notes that “... these findings are consistent with the Financial Times’ experience... we’ve seen a sharp rise of mobile users (52% on smart phones and 49%
on tablets) over the last six months...”
For additional information about the study, please visit Doremus here.