More than 70 percent of the iPhone owners in the Netherlands, the chat app WhatsApp, ge lwa installed, according to research. For Android users is that 60 per cent. The Facebook app is at 48 percent of all smartphones in the Netherlands.
WhatsApp is a installatiepercentage of 70 of the most popular among iPhone owners in the Netherlands, suggests Telecompaper after research among 2500 consumers in the age group of 15 to 64. For Android users, the percentage of 60. Also the Facebook app is by 60 percent of Android users installed. For BlackBerry users, WhatsApp is less popular; there is Ping lord and master.
WhatsApp is in a short time considerably in popularity increased, evidenced by the Dutch Apps Market-research. Where the chatapp four months ago, by 30 percent of all web was installed, that figure had grown to 43, or about 2.2 million devices. The Facebook app is with a percentage of 48, however, is still slightly more popular. The research also asked about the actual use of the app; only three percent would WhatsApp be installed, but not or hardly use.
Game-apps in 60 percent of the phones and instant messaging, and social networking to follow with 51 percent. Finally, 30 percent of the users apps that for voice services are intended.
Has the controversy about the chatheffing, such as KPN, which in april proposed to deal with the rise in popularity. The telecommunications provider founded his arrows when directly on WhatsApp and claimed that such apps were the cause of declining revenue from voice and sms. The chatheffing was then fired. According to Telecompaper should providers of innovative pricing and services to realize the decline in income to compensate.