Mobile application downloads are set to explode in the coming years, a new study from analyst firm Berg Insight has found.
According to the firm, total app downloads in 2015 will reach 98 billion. If they hit that figure, the firm says, the compound annual growth rate of downloads between 2010 and 2015 will be 56.6 percent.
Berg is far more bullish on the future of mobile apps than In-Stat. That research firm said earlier this year that it believes mobile app downloads will reach 48 billion in 2015, due mainly to the growing popularity of touch-screen-equipped smartphones. In-Stat says that approximately 90 percent of all smartphones shipped this year will feature touch screens, and that figure will grow to nearly 100 percent of smartphones in the next several years.
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98 billion apps to be downloaded in 2015, study says
