Facebook is most used app, Google leads slightly in browsing, according to comScore

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When it comes to apps and websites, we all have our preferences. Some prefer gaming, while others like to read news. Music is always popular, and so is sports. Which are most visited? A new study notes we don’t stray far from home when we browse the web on our mobile devices. Our choice of apps is also fairly predictable, but has a few surprises.

When it comes to web browsing, we love Google. Google sites were visited by 88% of those sampled for a comSource study. Facebook proved its merit, coming in second with 84.4%, leading Yahoo properties by 7.5%. After Yahoo, Amazon makes a slightly surprising appearance in the #4 slot with 65.3%. Rounding out the top 5 is Apple with 49.6%, barely edging out AOL at 49.5%.

Apps tell a similar story, but break those websites out a bit. We still love Facebook, with 75.7% of devices having that app loaded. Google Play clocks in second with 54% of devices, followed by Google Search with 52.2%. Pandora surprises us at the #4 spot, with 48.2%. That’s ahead of YouTube at 48% saturation, and Gmail with 45.6%.

These numbers hold true with stats we reported yesterday regarding OS and OEM popularity. Apple’s website being visited by about 50% of devices, and Google Play ending up on 54% of devices show that the numbers match up pretty well. Facebook Messenger has a 19% saturation, which is only behind Twitter at 21.8% when we consider social media and messaging. Apps like Google+ or Hangouts don’t even register yet, but as they come pre-loaded on Android devices, we’re sure that will change.

Moto G makes tidy profit for Google, according to analysts

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If you thought there was no way Motorola was able to make money form the Moto G, think again. A new study posits that Motorola has worked in a tidy profit into each Moto G handset, and will clear about 5% from each sale once all is said and done. For consumers, this is great; we get a really nice device at a stellar price. For other OEMs, it could pressure them to follow suit.

Research firm TechInsights is speculating that the components inside the Moto G cost Motorola roughly $123. At an asking price of $199 for the 16GB model, Motorola would make around $76 per handset. Considering Motorola says they make money on every device sold, analyst Mark Newman from Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. proposes that Motorola’s total profit margin is less that 5% per handset after operating costs. If true, that gives them a max net profit of $2.50 per device sold at that price point.

Comparatively, Newman thinks Samsung has a 20% profit for similarly specced devices such as the Galaxy S3 Mini, and up to 28% on a Galaxy S4. A colleague of Newman’s notes that Apple makes a 30-35% margin on each 5S or 5C sold, so Motorola could be bucking a huge trend. This is, of course, speculative and lacking a factual basis, but these types of analysis often shed light on other issues within the mobile spectrum.

Since being purchased by Google, Motorola has seen a renaissance of sorts. In an effort to reinvent themselves, Motorola has done everything we could ask of an OEM. They’re responsive to consumers, active on social media, and competitively price their handsets. They also offer customization outside of cases and covers, and a host of great accessories.

With the Moto G, we are given a true mid-range powerhouse device. It’s a strong showing for Motorola, and a great follow-up to the Moto X. While a device with the specs of the Moto G fails to excite our tech-savvy souls, the pricing does. At $199, it makes an easy burner smartphone, or a step up for those on feature phones.

Motorola is striking a key balance for the US market, and setting a standard worldwide. While they don’t follow the Xiaomi model of selling a device at cost and making profits up via add-ons like cases or accessories, they also don’t go with the market flow of selling a device for maximum allowable profit. For a worldwide stage, Motorola is set up for success. The Moto G will go over quite well in emerging markets, and prices itself at a level other OEMs don’t seem willing to approach. If Motorola plans to actively encroach on Samsung’s dominance of Android, theirs is a solid game-plan.

Stress test of the S4 Galaxy: torture according to Samsung! [Video]

By Gabriel Manceau 13 June 2013

This new Stress-test the S4 Galaxy is somewhat unusual, as far as the video was made by Samsung! Not satisfied with the performance of his latest high-end model, the Korean manufacturer proves its durability by shooting various torture, the he in S4, under conditions, sometimes very difficult to move!

Samsung obviously waited not his phone to a stress test to market the S4 Galaxy. It is such a model does not market, without thinking carefully about all the details, including the resistance under various conditions. The Korean manufacturer is on the qualities of the product, decided he filmed aired this 3-minute video located on its premises and each filmed a test of the process.

Stress-test video for the Samsung Galaxy S4

At the level of the test are we not to violently against bitumen to throw or even passing the mixer, but the tests that Smartphone could suffer daily or almost, like falling out of the bag on the floor, face falling pressure when it presses into the water for a few seconds go into the dishwasher, be electrocuted or fall into materials very dirty, what awaits the S4 Galaxy in this stress test.

Competitors communicate an aluminum like the HTC on resistance to water and dust as the Xperia Z or strength a shell, but you'll see that the S4 not rags and nothing was left to chance by Samsung in determining from his flagship. A demonstration of the strength of the smartphones in the following video. On your phone, was always this kind of torture? How he escape?

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According to reports, three paid EE no 1800MHz spectrum for LTE

The latest chapter in the story of UK LTE frequencies "sales" is a fascinating, ee to compete with carrier three. Even before the recent spectrum auctions started, EE was advised to sell a chunk of the existing frequencies, 1800MHz-uses 4 G LTE services--the regulators. Three recent to suggest this, but picked up, it is perhaps the final offer price.

The Guardian, according to the report, three pay a total of £ 0 a chunk of the spectrum. Thats right. Nothing, zero, nada. Because the value will give the £ 450million area, this all seems very strange. Other airlines is the other of the spectrum to launch their own LTE services so why EE just give it away?

EE, the safest bet was reportedly decided to abandon the offers by Vodafone and O2 in the UK, the smallest and donate to the network. Although probably the best contract deals in the UK, three of the clientele is about 10million as compared to the Työnanta-27million.

Much was also supposedly help tip of the spectrum in the auction on behalf of EE, so they have a better chance of picking up a good part of the valuable 800 MHz spectrum. It turned out to be a EE and three was born in a small piece of the 800 MHz band and, if all this is true, the three have kickstarted the LTE networks without spending a lot of money.

Source: The Guardian