iPhone has certainly delivered on its Hype

iPhone has certainly delivered on its Hype. Recently we've heard, iPhone’s Safari Mobile Browser, 1st in US, 2nd in UK. A web-usage statistics firm, M:Metrics, has released new research that indicates that iPhone users are hitting the web with a fury. Virtually every single iPhone user is apparently accessing the web through their new handset - 85% to be more precise.

“The iPhone has certainly delivered on its hype,” said Mark Donovan, senior analyst, M:Metrics. “Beyond a doubt, this device is compelling consumers to interact with the mobile Web, delivering off-the-charts usage from everything to text messaging to mobile video.”

A full 20% accessed Facebook through their iPhones, compared to 1.5% for the entire mobile market. When it comes to YouTube, 30.4% of iPhone users got down with YouTube videos, while 36% used Google Maps - compare that to 1% of the mobile market viewing YouTube videos and 2.6% using Google Maps on their mobile phone.

The chart above basically outlines M:Metrics findings that iPhone users also access mobile video and social networking sites at more than double the rate of other smartphone users - and drastically more than the rest of the mobile market.

M:Metrics revealed the demographic composition of iPhone users, which are similar to the demographics of other smartphone owners. They are more likely to be: male, aged 25-34, earn more that $100,000 and have a college degree, than the average mobile subscriber. More information is available from mmetrics website.