Smartphone users in India install around 50 apps on average: Report
While the number of apps installed by smartphone users in India range from five to 207, the average number of installed apps on a phone is 51, said a new report on Wednesday. However, people do not use all the apps they install. Most of the people in India use just about 24 apps on their smartphones, according to the research from technology research consulting firm techARC. The findings of the " techARC DIGIT " report indicate that there are some users who go on installing apps without much of a thinking and understanding. Such extremely high installation of apps can not only drain the smartphones in several ways and also impact its performance, but can also expose such users to various vulnerabilities that could be acquired by the device through some apps. By category, the social media apps lead the usage with 76 per cent of the users using them on a daily basis. Read More Business Standard