Apple's iPhone is absolutely owning the smartphone gaming space, according to a new comScore study. According to the study, the 8 GB iPhone 3G headed the list of smartphones used for mobile downloads
in November 2008. Whereas in November 2007, not a single smartphone appeared in the top 10 list of phones used for mobile downloads, the study found that six of the top 10 of those phones are now
smartphones. During that period, smartphone owners who downloaded games nearly tripled from 734,000 to nearly 3 million, with 34.2% of iPhone owners claiming that they downloaded a game during the
survey period.
According to numbers obtained by
Macworld, the original 8 GB iPhone was second on the list of
smartphones, followed by the 16 GB iPhone 3G. The original 16 GB iPhone was listed at No. 7. Other smartphones appearing on the list included the BlackBerry Curve 8330, the Curve 8310, and the
"smartphone-like" Samsung Instinct M800 and LG VX10000 Voyager.
As Ars Technica says, comScore's study mostly confirms what most mobile industry watchers already know: "the iPhone makes for
a great (though, yes, not
perfect) gaming platform that is growing in popularity." The blog says it's heard rumors that an App Store Plus is on the way that will sell premium content for around
$20 a pop.
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