iOS is big

iOS IS BIG A visual guide from the experts at Tap! The iPhone & iPad magazine Apple has sold so many apps, iPhones, iPads and iPod touches that it's hard to visualise the collosal success of the iOS ecosystem. So Tap! decided to help.. It would take you A WEEK just to read the names of all the apps on the store • =1,000 appS 14 Monday 15 Tuesday 16 Wednesday Start reading the names on the app store That was a long day, let's do it again! Getting boring already, but keep it going 17 Thursday 18 Friday 19 Saturday 650,000 Wooo! You've reached.. half-way Seriously, who would name an app that? So so close, yet still so many to go apps on the App Store 20 Sunday Finally fini. wait. who added these new ones? A THIRD of those are (We let you have an hour off for lunch, but you'll need to put in a little overtime to get it all done) designed for iPad Source: Apple 75% of parents share app-enabled devices with their kids Source: Disney $5.5bn The amount Apple has paid out to developers Enough to fill 2.5 Olympic swimming pools with dollar bills 2$ $ $ $$$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $$ Apple takes in over $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $1,000 %24 every second from # the App Store (but probably about breaks even) $$$$: $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $4 $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ Source: Apple 1 in 3 That's about the population of South America people who own an iPad own an iPhone in the UK, France, Spain, Germany and Italy 400m customer accounts on the App Store Source: Apple Source: comScore Data Mine Apple has sold enough iPhones and iPads to stretch around the Earth if laid end to end Over half Stacked up, all the iPads and iPhones would reach almost of the way from the Earth to the moon the US could have been glazed by Apple with the glass used in making iPhones and iPads 1/10 Source: Apple All data is accurate as far as we know at the time of writing; in some cases, we’ve used data from official sources and then extrapolated findings. This sometimes meant making some assumptions and taking rough averages. Tap! The iPhone and iPad magazine finds the best apps, games and kit for iOS every month Our rich, interactive iPad edition is actually made in an iOS app we created ourselves! Get it today at http://tapm.ag/lappedition