In a new report, “Wireless Data Consumption, Analysis and Trends, 2009 – 2010,” from Validas, the company has uncovered that BlackBerry devices are trailing in wireless data growth by nearly 80 percent.
The report, which examines usage from more than 74,000 individual consumers' wireless bills, shows that average wireless data consumption across all handheld devices increased 464 percent from Q1 2009 through Q2 2010.
BlackBerry (News - Alert) growth trailed during this period, with 366 percent growth and during the explosive growth period from Q3 2009 through Q1 2010, BlackBerry data consumption grew a mere 16 percent, rising to just 79.5 MB per user per month.
During the same period, the introduction of new Android-based smartphones and others increased data consumption by a massive 213 percent to 365 MB per user per month, closely resembling iPhone (News - Alert) behavior. The greatest data usage explosion among iPhones preceded that of other devices, increasing 136 percent between Q1 and Q3 2009. From Q3 2009 to Q1 2010, iPhone outpaced BlackBerry with 33 percent growth to 375 MB.
Ed Finegold, chief analytics officer for Validas (News - Alert) said that BlackBerry might have more devices in hands, but I'm not convinced the company can group them with other smartphones.
Further he added that BlackBerry doesn't deliver the user experiences the people are experiencing with iPhones and Android (News - Alert) devices.
Anuradha Shukla is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of her articles, please visit her columnist page.Edited by Stefania Viscusi