A report said that half of iOS developers in China already have gotten more than 1,300 USD salary.

The apple engineer forum "CocoaChina" published a factual investigation about iOS developers in China. And this report said that half of iOS developers in China already have gotten more than 1,300 USD (= 8,000 RMB) salary.

The total distribution of their salary is as follows:

Less than 480 USD      10%

481 to 810 USD            17%

811 to 1,300 USD        25%

1,301 to 1,620 USD    17%

1,621 to 2,430 USD    19%

2,431 to 4,050 USD      8%

More than 4,051 USD   4%

I think that 1,300 USD (= 8,000 RMB) is a division point in this report, because both range each have about 50% share. 

And the following graph is a breakdown of the above graph, and this graph divided developers into 4 types ( Corporate games developer, Personal games developer, Corporate apps developer and Personal apps developer).

The both types of corporate developers who are Getting less than 480 USD salary are less than the total average. And about the corporate developers, the percentage of who are getting more than 1,300 USD salary are more than the total average (Corporate apps developer - 48%  ; Corporate games developer - 59%).

According to the news, the average salary in the urban areas of China is about 631.7 USD in 2012, and this was 11.9% increased compared to 2011.

There is not a time series data in this report, but I think that the salary of iOS developers is increasing more rapidly than the average. In China, Android is a main device as a using device, but a lot of companies have outsourced developing iOS apps or games to China. So the needs of iOS developers are also increasing day by day in China.

We have to pay close attention to the future trends of this.

Source => CocoaChina

The trend report of tablet PC user in China (Apps Edition).

The last time, I introduced the summary of tablet PC user report in China. And today, I will introduce the report that focused tablet apps.


1. How many apps installed in your tablet PC?

Less than 5 apps      4.8%

5 to 10 apps           21.9%

11 to 20 apps         28.4%

21 to 30 apps         21.0%

31 to 40 apps           8.8%

41 to 50 apps           4.1%

More than 50 apps 11.0%






And the diagram below is a breakdown by each smartphone OS.

Left diagram is the data of iOS user, and right diagram is the data of Android user. Watching this diagram so far, it seems that iOS user tend to use more apps than Android user.


2. How many apps do you often use?

Less than 5 apps    21.6%

5 to 10 apps           54.1%

11 to 20 apps         17.4%

21 to 30 apps           4.3%

31 to 40 apps           1.3%

41 to 50 apps           0.4%

More than 50 apps   0.9%






And the diagram below is a breakdown by each smartphone OS.

Left diagram is the data of iOS user, and right diagram is the data of Android user. And about the often using apps is also the same result that iOS user also tend to use more apps than Android user.

3. Online or offline, which case are you using more time on your tablet?

Online       61.9%

Offline      19.5%

No difference    18.6%

4. Which type of apps have you installed?

News apps is the most popular one, but this is a convincing result. Because the last report also said the most popular purpose of using tablet PC is reading the news.

5. Which type of apps do you often use?

6. Usually, where do you download your apps?

Third-party app store  28.4%

By search engine             27.8%

OS default app store     23.2%

Download site                 11.4%

App store of device maker  4.2%

App store of each career  2.0%

Other   3.0%

And the diagram below is a breakdown by each smartphone OS.

Left diagram is the data of iOS user, and right diagram is the data of Android user.

Google have not provided their Play Store market in China, and generally the regular Android devices in China are not installed Play Store apps. So as a result, the downloading from third-party app store is the most popular method.

And about iOS, 42.4% of iOS user jailbreak their devices in China. So as a result, it seems that the percentage of downloading from third-party app store is relatively high.

7. How much spent for apps in a month?

Not spend at all       42.4%

(using only free apps)

Less than 10 RMB   17.8%

10 to 20 RMB           15.4%

21 to 50 RMB           14.0%

More than 50 RMB   10.4% 

And the diagram below is a breakdown by each smartphone OS.

Left diagram is the data of iOS user, and right diagram is the data of Android user.

Watching this diagram so far, it seems that iOS user tend to spend more money for apps than Android user. 

As I reported before, the sales volume of tablet PC in China was 2,604,000 units in the third quarter, and this volume is estimated to continue increasing in future. So for many apps developer, there is a lot of chance in Chinese tablet PC market.

Source => ZDC

ZDC published the trend report of tablet PC user in China.

Recently, tablet PC user is steadily increasing in China. Well, how purpose they use their tablet PC for? ZDC published the one of answer for this, and it is a user research of tablet PC as follows.


1. Which tablet maker do you use?

Apple  41.1%
Lenovo  23.8%
Samsung  9.1%
Newman  6.7%
Asus  2.7%
SmartDevices  2.5%
DELL  1.9%
Acer  1.6%
Huawei  1.4%
Aigo  0.8%
Other  8.4%






2. Which tablet OS do you use?

Android  56.3%

iOS  41.2%

Windows  0.8%

Other  1.7%







Android tablet have a over 50% market share, and Apple iOS have 41.2% of market share in China. So it can be said that tablet PC market in China is still the status of two top era.
Microsoft already published "Surface". But they haven't started to provide it in China formally, so their market share is very few at this moment.


3. Which price range is your tablet PC?

Less than 500RMB  2.5%

500 to 1000RMB   20.6%

1001 to 2000RMB  19.1%

2001 to 3000RMB  18.1%

3001 to 4000RMB  27.2%

More than 4000RMB   12.5%




The price range of 3,001 to 4,000(477 to 636 USD) have the biggest share in this report, and the price range of 500 to 1000(79 to 159 USD) is the next position. So it can be also said that the price range of tablet PC in China is the status of bipolarization now.


4. How long do you use tablet PC?

Less than 3 months  7.4%

3 to 6 months  21.4%

6 to 12 months  25.6%

12 to 24 months  27.6%

More than 24 months  18.0%








5. Usually, what time do you use your tablet PC?

20 to 22 o'clock is the most used time range, and the next is 18 to 20 o'clock. So it can be said that many tablet users use their tablet after their work.


6. Which purpose do you use tablet PC for?

News   86.2%
Instant Messenger  67.4%
TV/Movie/Video  67.4%
Book   59.7%
Game   58.0%
Music   56.9%
Search   50.8%
Download apps   44.3%
Mail   41.2%
Online shopping   39.3%
GPS or LBS   30.3%
BBS/Weibo   27.3%
Stocks   21.4%
Other   13.7%




Watching this report so far, I felt that consumer tablet user is more than business user, but there is also the another fact that business tablet user is gradually increasing in China. I will keep watching the trend of this market as before.


Source => ZDC

The rate of iPad tablet user is six times more than Android tablet user in China.

UMENG, who provide mobile apps analytic tools, published the report that is written about Android and iOS active users status.

According this report,  in China, Android active user increased 87%, and iOS active user increased 42% in the second quarter.

And the ratio of mobile and tablet in each platform is as follows.

The ratio of iOS was 80.8% iPhone and 19.2% iPad, and the ratio of Android was 96.5 % mobile and 3.5% tablets. It also said that the ratio of iOS tablet is six times more than Android tablet.


Next is the ratio of each iPhone devices.

The ratio of iPhone 4S is gradually increasing, on the other hand the ratio of iPhone 4 is gradually decreasing. (But it still have over 50% share.)


Next is the ratio of each iPad devices.

The ratio of New iPad is rapidly growing, but the ratio of iPad 2(Wifi+3G) is totally 73.4%.


And next graph is the ratio transition of iOS version in the first half year.


iOS 5.1 was rapidly increasing, and it became the top share in the each version of iOS on April.


Next graph is the share of each Android device maker in the end of June.

#1  Samsung   23.8%
#2  HTC            18.5%
#3  Motolora    8.0%
#4  ZTE              7.4%
#5  Huawei        6.5%


The other  35.7%






Samsung is the top share in Android device makers, and they dominate a quarter of this market in China. But "the other" also have 35.7% share(mainly domestic device maker), so it also can be said  that this market is still the status of rival warlords.


And next graph is the ranking of each Android devices.

 #1 Samsung Galaxy Ace 4.11%
 #2 Motorola  Defy   3.12%
 #3 Xiaomi  M1    3.11%
 #4 HTC Incredible S   2.62%
 #5 Samsung Galaxy SII   2.60%
 #6 HTC Desire S   2.08%
 #7 ZTE  Blade U880   1.92%
 #8 ZTE  Blade V880   1.73%
 #9 Huawei  C8650   1.55%
 #10 HTC  Desire HD   1.35%





And the last graph is the ratio transition of each Android version in the first half year.

Basically Android 2.3 have around 70% share, and its rate of change is stable too. And Android 4.0 also started to increase gradually from May, but its share was still less than 10% in the end of June.


It looks like that China's mobile market still continue to be expanded with a focus on Android and iOS, but it also looks like that there are various changes.


Souce => UMENG

Smartphone users in China already exceeded 250 million people.

According to the report by iimedia, smartphone users in China already exceeded 250 million people.

This number was increasing 13.0% compared to the previous period, and they also said mobile internet users in China was 372 million people.

And the market share of each operating system was as follows:

Android had 55.4% market share, so it also can be said about 140 million Android smartphone devices are floating around in China. And this report also said that there are more 2,000 type of Android devices in Chinese market now.

Well, Symbian had 25.6% market share , iOS had 12.4%, Windows had 2.4%, and they can catch-up Android in the future, or Android continue to run the top share as ever, or new mobile OS will come to fore...

It cannot take our eyes off in the future too.

Original article => iimedia

MIIT released "China mobile device white paper 2012".

Chinese government MIIT(Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China)  released "China mobile device white paper 2012", but according to this report, total shipment number of mobile device in China was 455 million units in 2011.

In 2005, the shipment number of mobile device was 129 million units, so it was increased more than 300 million units in last 6 years.


And the shipment number of smart mobile device(*that means smart phone and tablet PC) in China was 117.74 million units in 2011, and the breakdown of mobile smart device shipment number by mobile OS as of Q4,2011 were as follows:

Android  73.99% ; Symbian  12.53% ; iOS  10.67% ; Windows Phone  0.34% ; RIM  0.03%

In the end, this is a ratio of mobile device shipment by Chinese company and foreign company.

In 2011, Chinese company has been occupied 71.68% share of mobile device shipment, and its number was over than 300 million units.


And this report also said we have to pay attentions the further growth of smart mobile device and "Nokia + Windows phone" can catch-up in Chinese market or not.


Original article => CATR