Ask any developer if he prefers building a mobile application first before the web, and you will get a NO for an answer. Yet, he would agree that more often than not, he is building mobile applications first lately for one fathomable reason: the user wants what he wants.

So how big is the mobile-first revolution? As of now, it’s been possible to measure mobile-only users worldwide. In 2015, there were 1.2 billion mobile web users worldwide. It was predicted in December 2015 that this number would easily reach 2 billion by the first few months of 2016. Mobile is not news anymore, mobile-first, though, is definitely the future.

Mobile-first will gel easily with new technology

Mobile-first approach tends to be more complex than going from web to mobile. That’s because mobile-first approach helps build extremely lean, scalable and compact solutions. You have built a product taking ONLY the very important elements that click with mobile-only consumers. Yet, it’s an approach that’s sure to win with users. Just as mobile applications changed the internet browsing habits of users, technology such as virtual social networks (thanks to Ocular Rift), Amazon Echo etc are fast changing the users’ attention spans, usage and purchasing habits. Mobile-first apps are snappier and don’t have the unnecessary lags. Of course, you still don’t know the success or failure of these new technologies or the additions of more advanced technology, you can always adopt a current technology that’s more likely to adapt in future. And mobile-first is one such mobile app development strategy.

Users have changed forever

Mobile-first approach is strictly the outcome of user behavior. Smart phones and tablets have already become people’s computers. In fact, apps that don’t go well on the mobile application/version are considered obsolete. The mobile-first approach provides a compulsory focus on the UI and UX enhancement that would hook modern day users. This is a mobile app design approach that will stay because the older generation had adapted to it, and the younger generation is growing up with mobile phones.

Buyers will prefer mobile-payment ways

Google has introduced a mobile wallet that works with Citi MasterCard and is on the verge of becoming compatible with other cards as well. It is convenient as it allows payments from smart phones and is very secure. Another example of an enabling technology is NFC, near-field communications chips. These chips are now being built into smart phones. That’s like an e-wallet. But brands like Starbucks are using this mobile payment system already by adding applications such as Square. Basically, convenience will compel enterprises to think of mobile first before even considering web applications.

What matters at the end of the day is what the end-users do and want. Vinfotech, a mobile application development company takes pride in being a UI-UX centric company that swears by designs that echo with users. And we are more than excited that the mobile-first revolution has come of age. If you are looking for mobile-first applications or have a web application that needs a mobile-first treatment, let us know. Our developers are already prepared.