In November 2007, the number of games downloaded on to mobile phones stood at 7.22 million. In the past year, this number has grown by 17% to 8.463 million by November 2008. The impetus to this growth has been provided by the Smartphone segment, mainly Blackberry Curve and iPhones.

32.4 percent of iPhone users downloaded a mobile game as compared to the industry average of 3.8 percent

Split of share between Smartphones and non-Smartphones in the number of downloaded games in November 2008:

Smartphones : 2.869 million (291% growth)
Non-Smartphones : 5.593 million (14% decline)

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