1）据venturebeat报道，Cantor Fitzgerald分析师Brian White最近数据预测，苹果iPhone 5C和iPhone 5S发布一周内销量将达600-650万台，将比之前的iPhone 5发售首周销量（500万台）多30%左右。

分析师认为出现这一情况的原因在于，苹果本次同时出售两款新手机，并且停售了之前的iPhone 5（而之前苹果发布新手机时，总会继续销售旧版机型）。iPhone 5C将带来最大销量，因为该设备在9月13日起就开始接受订单，而iPhone 5S却并没有开放预订服务。

ios-7(from insidemobileapps)

2）游戏及应用流媒体公司Agawi最新数据显示，苹果iPhone 5触屏响应速度比Android设备快2.5倍。

iPhone 5(from recombu)

在其首次测试中，iPhone 5触屏响应平均时间为55毫秒，而iPhone 4则是85毫秒；Adnroid设备中响应速度最快的是三星Galaxy S4，平均为114毫秒；Windows Phone设备诺基亚Liuma 928平均速度为117毫秒。

3）据inisidemobileapps报道，Fiksu公司最新数据指出，iOS 7发布24小时后，其用户覆盖率已超过28%，而iOS 6刚发布时首天用户普及率仅为18%。iOS 7发布43个小时之后在iPhone用户中的普及率将近36%，而iOS 6发布43小时后普及率仅为22%。

ios-7-adoption(from Fiksu)

移动广告和发布平台Tapjoy针对2亿iOS用户的数据也显示，iOS 7普及率达到22%，而iOS 6发布头24小时内的普及率仅为15%。

ios-7-adoption(from tapjoy)

4）据pocketgamer报道，英国发行商Codemasters日前宣布旗下游戏《Boom!Tanks》发布首周下载量就达到100万次，并将添加对iPhone 4和第5代iPod Touch的支持。

5）据venturebeat报道，黑莓公司本周宣布裁员4500人，其创始人Mike Lazaridis最近正在考虑将公司拍卖一事（游戏邦注：Lazaridis已在去年辞任公司首席执行官一职），正与一些私人募股公司商谈拍卖事宜。

job cuts(from timesofindia)

上周五，黑莓预计公司第二季度营业亏损介于9.5亿至9.95亿美元，将专注于企业用户市场，而非主流消费者市场。

除了撤出消费者市场之外，该公司还宣布将原来的6款智能手机设备削减至4款，计划供应两款高端智能手机和两款入门级手机。该公司最近宣布推出黑莓Z30手机，并将把黑莓Messenger服务推向iPhone和Android设备。

6）Eptica最近发布信息图表显示，36%英国用户认为移动网站和应用最大的易用性问题是功能不全。52%受访者表示自己访问的半数以上移动网站并没有针对移动网络进行优化。

54%女性用户对自己的移动体验满意度较高，认为自己访问的网络已经针对移动平台进行优化，而男性的满意度仅为42%。

38%女性表示未针对手机进行优化是移动网站/应用最大的易用性问题，37%的男性用户认为功能不全才是最大问题所在。

34%受访者认为移动网站/应用的另一大问题是加载速度过慢（谷歌调查曾发现，移动网站加载速度若超过一秒钟，用户就会失去兴趣，但多数移动网站平均响应速度多达7秒）。

Mobile Research Infographic(from Eptica)

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1）Apple will sell 6M to 6.5M iPhones this weekend as gadget lovers line up

John Koetsier

Last year when the iPhone 5 launched, it sold five million units in its first weekend of sales. This weekend, Apple could sell as much as 30 percent more iPhone 5S and 5C models, according to one analyst.

“In aggregate, we believe Apple will sell a total of six million to 6.5 million of the two new iPhones this weekend,” Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Brian White said today in a research note.

That’s due to the fact that Apple’s selling two models as opposed to one, of course, but also because, unlike other years, Apple has stopped selling the previous year’s model, the iPhone 5. Previously, Apple had always kept the immediately prior model on the shelf, diverting some sales away from the newest version.

Lining up last night for the iPhone in Vancouver, Canada.

The 5C could be the big seller — not just because it’s cheaper but also because it was made available for preorders on Sept. 13, so it has had a bit more sales runway. Oddly, the 5S was not available for preorders, and White notes that over two million iPhone 5 units were preordered after Apple’s last big phone launch. Of course, that the iPhone 5C is cheaper — and is available in multiple colors — likely won’t hurt its sales either.（source：venturebeat）

2）Apple’s iPhone 5 touchscreen is 2.5 times faster than Android devices

Dean Takahashi

Apple’s iPhone 5 is 2.5 times faster at responding to touches than Google Android devices, according to a benchmark test by game and app streaming firm Agawi.

The results confirm what users believe about the devices, and they highlight a feature that is usually left out of technical comparisons.

In its first TouchMarks benchmark test, the iPhone 5 responded to touches at an average time of 55 milliseconds, compared to 85 milliseconds for the iPhone 4. The closest Android device was the Samsung Galaxy S4 at 114 milliseconds.

“Apple trounced the competition,” said Peter Relan, chairman of Agawi. “There is this whole other dimension of responsiveness that Agawi cares about.”

Agawi studied the iPhone 5 and compared it to Android touchscreen smartphones such as the Google MotoX, the HTC One, and the Samsung Galaxy S4. It also compared results for the Nokia Lumia 928 on Windows Phone, which came in at 117 milliseconds. The company started doing the tests as part of its work in delivering Flash-based Facebook games and other apps as interactive streams to iOS devices.（source：venturebeat）

3）Data shows iOS users adopting iOS 7 much faster than iOS 6

Brandy Shaul

Just days after the release of Apple’s updated iOS operating system iOS 7, it’s become clear that users are racing to adopt the new OS faster they have for previous versions. Both Fiksu and Tapjoy have found similar results, showing that adoption rates for iOS 7 have been far higher than the adoption rate for iOS 6 during its own launch.

User acquisition company Fiksu has tracked early adoption numbers across millions of iPhones using Fiksu client apps, and has found that just 24 hours after the release of iOS 7, over 28 percent of users had already adopted iOS 7. That’s in comparison to only 18 percent of users who adopted iOS 6 during its first day of availability.

Mobile advertising and publishing platform Tapjoy found similar results among its network-wide data of over 200 million iOS consumers across iPhone, iPad and iPod. According to its findings, iOS 7 has a 22 percent adoption rate, while iOS 6 was at 15 percent adoption 24-hours after its launch.

Tapjoy further breaks down the adoption based on device and region. Over 25 percent of iPhone users have adopted iOS 7, compared to 15 percent of iPad users and 12 percent of iPod users.

North America has the fastest adoption rate at 28 percent of users, followed closely by Latin America and the EMEA at 26 percent and 22 percent each, respectively.

Fiksu is continuing to track adoption rates, which are slowly climbing. For instance, 43 hours after the launch of iOS 7, Fiksu has tracked adoption in almost 36 percent of iPhones, compared to 22 percent for iOS 6 during its same time frame.

Whether you go by Fiksu’s data or Tapjoy’s, the result is the same: users are incredibly interested in trying out the vastly different iOS 7, which comes with a complete visual redesign, automatically updating apps, a Pandora-style iTunes Radio service and much more. Check out a deeper look at iOS 7 right here on IMA.（source：insidemobileapps）

4）User explosion: Boom! Tanks hits 1 million downloads in a week

by Keith Andrew

It’s move on smartphones may still be in its formative stages, but UK publisher Codemasters is keen to trumpet the success it’s enjoyed so far, starting with Boom! Tanks.

The free-to-play release – loosely described by some as ‘CSR Racing, but with tanks’ – has amassed 1 million downloads in its first week of release, with 8 million tanks “blasted to smithereens”.

War of numbers

The publisher has also announced an update expanding compatibility for play to previously unsupported devices, including iPhone 4 and the fifth generation iPod touch.（source：pocketgamer）

5）Report: BlackBerry founder considering bid for company

Dean Takahashi

BlackBerry founder Mike Lazaridis is reportedly considering a bid to take over the struggling smartphone maker.

Lazaridis, who stepped down as co-chief executive last year, is talking to private equity firms about a bid for the company, which reported a big loss and announced 4,500 layoffs this week.

The New York Times and Wall Street Journal reported the talks. The New York Times said that Lazaridis has separately approached the Blackstone Group and the Carlyle Group about making an offer. The talks are in a preliminary stage. But the potential for a deal is growing as BlackBerry’s stock tanks further.

On Friday, shares plunged as the company reported quarterly revenue far below analyst expectations. BlackBerry shares listed in the United States fell 17.1 percent to $8.73. The publications could not reach the parties for official comment.

Private equity firms have considered a bid for BlackBerry for more than a year, but the company is in a tough spot, making the private equity firms gun shy about investing money in it.

Lazaridis, who co-founded the firm in 1985, is still one of the largest individuals shareholders.

On Friday, BlackBerry said it expects operating loss between $950 million and $995 million in the second quarter and it would lay off 4,500 employees. It will refocus on enterprise and “prosumer” customers rather than mainstream consumers.

As part of its move away from the consumer market, the company says it will reduce its smartphone portfolio from six phones to four (at this point, there are only two BlackBerry 10 devices on the market). Now that the iPhone and Android are dominating mainstream smartphone buyers, BlackBerry’s only hope is to appeal to the businesses that need its secure services and its few remaining hardcore fans. The company plans to offer two high-end smartphones and two entry-level phones, with each group containing an all-touchscreen device and physical keyboard model.

BlackBerry says it will also offer hardware and software services to other companies. It just announced a new flagship smartphone, the BlackBerry Z30, as well as plans to bring its BlackBerry Messenger service to the iPhone and Android this weekend.（source：venturebeat）

6）52 per cent of consumers say mobile sites disappoint

by Phil Tottman

Women generally happier with their mobile brand experience

36 per cent say that lack of functionality on mobile sites and apps is their main usability issue, reports Eptica.

52 per cent of UK consumers revealed that over half of sites they visited on their mobile weren’t optimised for that platform, making it difficult to interact with companies.

It turns out that women are more satisfied with their mobile experience – with 54 per cent saying that the sites they accessed were actually optimised for a mobile compared to 42 per cent of men.

However 38 per cent of women did say that bad optimisation for smaller screens was the number one issue with mobile usability, whereas functionality was the leading bug-bare for 37 per cent of men.

Netbiscuits recently revealed that brands actually ignore 52 per cent of device types when developing for a mobile.

Paul Barnes, VP operations with Eptica UK, said: “Over half of us have smartphones, and tablet use is now mainstream, but it seems that many brands are lagging behind consumer expectations.”

Another issue for 34 per cent of mobile consumers was slow loading speeds. Google found that if a mobile site takes longer than a second to load visitors lose interest – even though the average response time is seven seconds.（source：mobile-ent）