iPhone 3GS spurs 400% increase in mobile video uploads to YouTube
If there was any doubt that that the video recording and upload capabilities of Apple's new iPhone 3GS would signal a new chapter in mobile video sharing, the first statistics quantifying its impact are in, and they're impressive.
Google said Thursday that in the first five days since the new Apple handset hit the market, its YouTube video sharing website saw a 400% increase in the number of video uploads coming from mobile handsets. This compares to 1700% percent growth in YouTube uploads in general over the past six months.
The iPhone 3GS is the first iPhone to support video capture and allows users to easily trim and then upload their recordings to YouTube or Apple's MobileMe video sharing websites. Uploads are supported over both WiFi and 3G wireless connections.
Although the fourfold increase in mobile uploads to YouTube may stem early adopters familiarizing themselves with their new handsets, the iPhone 3GS remains in its infancy, having sold roughly a million units in its first week.
Analysts like Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster forecast the company to sell over 16 million more iPhones during the duration of the current calendar year, the largest majority of which are expected to be 3GS models.
Additionally, persistent rumors have Apple equipping its next-generation iPods with similar camera capabilities, suggesting the growth witnessed by YouTube in mobile video usage over the past several days is only the tip of the iceberg.
Google said Thursday that in the first five days since the new Apple handset hit the market, its YouTube video sharing website saw a 400% increase in the number of video uploads coming from mobile handsets. This compares to 1700% percent growth in YouTube uploads in general over the past six months.
The iPhone 3GS is the first iPhone to support video capture and allows users to easily trim and then upload their recordings to YouTube or Apple's MobileMe video sharing websites. Uploads are supported over both WiFi and 3G wireless connections.
Although the fourfold increase in mobile uploads to YouTube may stem early adopters familiarizing themselves with their new handsets, the iPhone 3GS remains in its infancy, having sold roughly a million units in its first week.
Analysts like Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster forecast the company to sell over 16 million more iPhones during the duration of the current calendar year, the largest majority of which are expected to be 3GS models.
Additionally, persistent rumors have Apple equipping its next-generation iPods with similar camera capabilities, suggesting the growth witnessed by YouTube in mobile video usage over the past several days is only the tip of the iceberg.
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Of course you all have been busy overloading youtube with video- you've been denied for 2 years.
Unreal, this guy.
and an increase in "Paris Hilton" or "Pamela Anderson" night time activity videos?!
400% to youtube...
and an increase in "Paris Hilton" or "Pamela Anderson" night time activity videos?!
lol, when will youporn allow mobile uploads?
Unreal, this guy.
texkstud is so sad
Of course you all have been busy overloading youtube with video- you've been denied for 2 years.
Actually it's more like this:
Even though some mobile phones have had video capabilities for awhile now, it took Apple to finally make it easy enough for people to do it!
Apple didn't just sell 1 Million phones. In one weekend they sold:
1 Million video cameras - WITH video editing (that part is the magic!)
1 Million GPS navigators.
1 Million game consoles.
1 Million voice-recorders (or a 4-track studio with the app).
and don't forget 1 Million iPods.
or 1 Million whatever else full-feature tools the App Store offers.
the largest majority of which are expected to be 3GS models.
The largest majority???
As opposed, perhaps, to all those other, smaller majorities?
May we recommend the esoteric term "vast" for such situations? (As in "vast majority", "preponderance", or even the more ponderous "majority by far".) I know it's comprised of but four letters, but its use surely would lend a greater verisimilitude of erudition!
Paul
... a greater verisimilitude of erudition!
Paul
Too bad 90% of the people that read this don't even understand what you wrote!
Too bad 90% of the people that read this don't even understand what you wrote!
No, just the largest majority of them.
The largest majority???
more of the fine AI journalism / copy editing we've come to love and expect.
lol, when will youporn allow mobile uploads?
Exactly......
lol, when will youporn allow mobile uploads?
or play clips on the iPhone longer then 30 seconds if someone choose Wifi or 3G option for speed.
Actually it's more like this:
Even though some mobile phones have had video capabilities for awhile now, it took Apple to finally make it easy enough for people to do it!
Agreed! Isn't that what I said?
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Analysts like Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster forecast the company to sell over 16 million more iPhones during the duration of the current calendar year, the largest majority of which are expected to be 3GS models.
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16 million sold.
That is $5 billion in sales.
Maybe now they could add a keyboard...
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The new iPhone 3GS is so much more nimble than the original iPhone, you really have to think of its sales in multiple dimensions...
Apple didn't just sell 1 Million phones. In one weekend they sold:
1 Million video cameras - WITH video editing (that part is the magic!)
1 Million GPS navigators.
1 Million game consoles.
1 Million voice-recorders (or a 4-track studio with the app).
and don't forget 1 Million iPods.
or 1 Million whatever else full-feature tools the App Store offers.
Wow - it's like Sony back in the 80's. Where's the magic wand?
16 million sold.
That is $5 billion in sales.
Maybe now they could add a keyboard...
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Why do your numbers remind me of a McDonald's sign?