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What does ‘mobile’ mean?
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Global smartphone
marketshare Q4 2012
80%

60%

40%

20%

0%

iPhone 5

iPhone 4s

Samsung Galaxy S3

Other
Global smartphone
marketshare Q4 2012
80%

60%

40%

20%

0%

iPhone 5

iPhone 4s

Samsung Galaxy S3

Other
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Why do we care?
Your site doesn’t sit on a
desk anymore
Top 10 screen-sizes

(90% of all browsers)
No one screen size has more
than 20% of the market share
More people use Twitter
on mobile than on the web
Facebook MAUs

71%

mo

bile
Recent iris campaigns

30-45%
Mobile web use likely
to surpass desktop use by

2014
It’s not just websites
Over 37% of e-mails are
opened on iOS devices
Over 46% including Android
More than Outlook.com/Live,
Yahoo & Gmail combined
More than Outlook desktop
& Apple Mail combined
Mobile users are more
engaged
Auto campaign conversion %
web vs mobile
Popular tea brand campaign
visit duration
‘Desktop’

Smartphone

Tablet
0

25

50

75

100

125

150

175

200

225
E-mail open rates
by device
Mobile

Desktop

Webmail
0%

13%

25%

38%

50%
61% of people have a better
opinion of brands when they
offer a good mobile experience
61% of people have a worse
opinion of brands when they
offer a poor mobile experience
90% of people move between
devices to accomplish a goal
Four common approaches
to multi-device adaptation
1
Miniaturisation
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We have an app!
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3
Separation
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4
Responsive
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What does ‘Responsive’
mean?
DESIGN LOGIC

RESPONDS
TO SCREEN SIZE
Typically starting
with desktop...
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It’s not as simple as just
making
things
smaller
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Mobile first
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Back to thinking...
This talk is not about
a technique
Nor is it simply an approach
to web development
It’s not about including
mobile as costly extra
It’s a new way of thinking
For everyone
Mobile is not just
‘a small desktop’
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Thanks
References
Slides 5-6
Strategy Analytics Handset Country Share Tracker, via International Business Times (Feb
2013) - http://goo.gl/LN3iH
Slides 10-11
Mobify Global Screen Size Diversity (Dec 2012) - http://goo.gl/evT2v
Slide 12
Strategy Analytics (Apr 2013) - http://goo.gl/ElUyL
Slide 13
2Q: Facebook reaches 1.15B Monthly Active Users (July 2014) - http://goo.gl/B4ZMjy
Slide 15
ComScore: Mobile will force desktop into its twilight in 2014 (Jun 2012) - http://goo.gl/
zfKsJ
Slides 17-20
Email Client Market Share (Sept 2013) - http://goo.gl/Q4bYiU
Slide 24
48% of E-mails are Opened on Mobile (Oct 2013) - http://goo.gl/p7gscU
Slide 25
Latitude, Next Gen Retail Study (Dec 2012) - http://goo.gl/2Tm7J
Slide 27
Google, The new multiscreen world (Aug 2012) - http://goo.gl/vbrEu
Jordan Harper
Technical Director
iris Worldwide
jordan.harper@iris-worldwide.com
@jordanharper

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