What is the average file size of a mobile application? (apple, android, symbian,...

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...WinMo, blackberry, etc)? Do any of you guys know how large is the average size of a mobile application (any mobile OS)? Feel free to classify the types of applications if you can.

Eg. Games - 2 MB
Social Networking - 1.5MB

Thanks a lot people!
 
Apple apps are little different from others. Apple has few apps that takes as much as 1GB. Games like Asphalt 5 takes 250 MB because it has full 3D rendering.

Android apps are smaller because most of the apps are web based they just cache little data for faster loading time.

Blackberry OS has some larger apps.

As other answerer said you cant classify. But apps deal with 3D graphics, huge database take more space. On iPhone GPS based apps, Dictionary, some Office suite,Web conference, 3D games takes from 20 MB to 300 MB.

For other system you actually dont need to worry they dont have many apps anyway.
 
Well Blackberry OS applications can range from a few kbs, to a couple mbs.
You can't really classify them into categories, e.g. games use more than business applications, because it just depends on how in depth they are and what they do. You could get a simple game such as a simple version of Tetris, an it could be only around 500 kbs. However if you got, say, a racing game, that would be more complex, it might be around 1 to 1.5 mbs. Another of this could be some apps. that I have, a "Quick Search with Google" - only 76 kbs, meanwhile my "Weather Channel" app. is a comparatively high 1.9 *mbs*. Now consider what the two do. The Google search app is just a way to quickly search with Google, opening up your browser once you have hit enter or search. The Weather Channel app. is also comparatively much more complex, sending and receiving very detailed, sometimes complex information and Doppler maps back and forth. So it really depends on how complex the app. is or what it does, not really what kind of an app. it is.

Hope this helped.
Greg
 
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