The global mobile app market – including games – will be worth $4.66 billion in 2009 and will rise to $16.60 billion in 2013, according to Wireless Expertise, an UK-based wireless market research and consulting firm.
In terms of units, Wireless Expertise forecasts that smartphone sales will grow from around 165.2 million in 2009 to 422.96 million in 2013, with the total number of smartphone users approaching 1.6 billion
With mobile phones outnumbering PCs around the world by 4:1, mobile applications represent an even bigger opportunity for the mobile industry than the fixed-line perceived a decade ago.