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Introduction
Given the sheer number variety of mobile devices—vendors, versions and browsers—it is helpful to determine combinations more likely to be used by our Giving Day audience.
Selections have been are made based on general usage stats, and stats specific to the most recent Giving Day. iPhones have been the predominant devices, so a range of versions is selected to cover both newer and older iPhones.
Mobile devices selected for testing
- iPhone 11 with Safari and Chrome
- iPhone XR with Safari
- iPhone 8 with Safari
- Galaxy S9 with Chrome
- Galaxy S6 with Chrome
- iPad with SafariSamsung tablet with Chrome
- Microsoft Surface
Statistics
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General usage in the United States
Chart summary: Mobile and tablet browser share USA from October 2019 – January 2020. Source: statcounter
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Mobile browser | Usage (%) |
Safari | 53.65 |
Chrome | 38.17 |
Samsung Internet | 4.88 |
Other | 3.30 |
Chart summary: Mobile and tablet operating system market share USA from October 2019 – January 2020. Source: statcounter
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Mobile vendor | Usage (%) |
Safari | 57.1009 |
Chrome | 25.01 |
LG | 5.48 |
Other | 12.41 |
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Usage during Giving Day 2019
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Mobile device | Mobile device users (%) | Mobile device revenue (%) |
iPhone | 75.36 | 60.99 |
iPad | 6.61 | 21.06 |
Surface | 0.81 | 9.35 |
Samsung | 7.77 | 5.13 |
Other | 9.45 | 3.47 |
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Additional factors
- Extra emphasis is placed on iPhone testing because, in addition to high usage, unique problems were discovered on iPhone devices during initial testing.
- Testing on Microsoft Surface is recommended in spite of its low usage because users of this device have contributed a significant amount of revenue.
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