<div>The number of Indians using mobile devices to get online is growing at a steady pace, and the availability of affordable smartphones is an important factor fueling this growth. Opera Software's special State of the Android Mobile Web report takes a closer look into the mobile browsing behavior (on their flagship Opera Mini browser) of these smartphone users in India.<br /><br />Over the last year, Opera Mini users on smartphones in India increased by 136.6 per cent which constitutes 19 per cent of the total Opera Mini users in India. <br /><br />The survey finds that almost 50 per cent of the top hundred domains visited by Opera Mini's Android users are related to news and information, search, price comparison and e-commerce. <br /><br />The top 3 categories of domains based on data usage are social networking, search and cricket. Some 21.7 per cent of all data used by Opera Mini's Android users is for Facebook, followed by Google at 5.8 per cent and ESPNcricinfo at 1.7 per cent. With 67 per cent of these users in India using the browser to access Facebook from their mobile devices, the majority number of webpages viewed are also from Facebook.<br /> </div><table width="250" cellspacing="8" cellpadding="8" border="1" align="right"><tbody><tr><td><a href="/image/image_gallery?uuid=a0fd6d96-5b1f-469f-94b8-97872a743392&groupId=36166&t=1367930643771" target="_blank"><img width="250" height="295" align="middle" alt="" src="/image/image_gallery?uuid=a85139e7-0eea-4879-b8e1-b6f93ba9fc05&groupId=36166&t=1367930564017" /></a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Click For Complete Infographic</strong></td></tr></tbody></table><div>Samsung tops the list of Android devices used to access the web via Opera Mini. In all, 9 out of the top-10 Android handsets are from Samsung. A further breakdown of the top-100 Android devices of Indian Opera Mini users confirms Samsung's leading position, with a 31 per cent market share, followed by Sony at 23 per cent and Micromax at 15 per cent.<br /><br />Each of the top-10 Android devices cost less than Rs. 10,000, with the exception of the Samsung Galaxy S2, which ranks last. A mobile device packed with a smart operating system and multiple features, all while fitting within an average users' budget, is proving to be a good deal for users.<br /><br />In addition to being the most preferred browser on basic phones, Opera Mini is also being used by millions of smartphone users in India. The data consumed by Opera Mini users on smartphones is significantly higher than the data consumed by Opera Mini users on basic phones.<br /><br />Among Opera Mini users, the number of webpages viewed by an Android user is 29.5 per cent higher than the monthly page views by an average user. Opera Mini compresses webpages by up to 90 per cent before sending them to the device, as a result webpages open faster and users save on data costs. Data compressed for an Android user is 127 per cent higher than the data compressed for an average user. Higher usage and compression rates clearly indicate that Opera Mini users on Android browse more and save more money than an average Opera Mini user.<br /><br /><br /> </div>
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