WHAT are the technological influences driving the smartphone market? Have your say...

ACTUALLY no.. i addressed this in the write-up. Haven't addressed it in the survey... big mistaake, and thanks for pointing it out!

I'm looking at the 16-24 year old CONSUMER market. :D Problem fixed. Sorry im dopey today, I haven't sorta slept in a while.. it happens. Im normally normal :)
 
UPDATE: Just in case you're all wondering what the results look like... most of the respondents have owned 2 or 3 smartphones so far, and half of the respondents consider themselves communication-centric. I'll prob publish the exact data here later. Got 29 responses in about 45 mins, pretty good going I think. Thanks again to all of you who have so far contributed!
 
You should probably include a definition of what a smartphone is, as I'm sure many people will have a different idea.

Also, don't you just hate those ooftahs that play music on their phone through the loudspeaker? Grr!
 
frozennova said:
Its gotta be social networking
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This. Almost everyone I know with a smartphone uses it primarily for the internet, and social networking sites. Exception may be the iPhone, most people only seem to own it for those little games.

I'm not a smartphone owner (I don't use my phone enough to justify a contract, and I can't bring myself to drop £300+ on a phone :p), so I can't answer your survey though.
 
You can still answer my survey actually, it's not aimed at smartphone users, moreso about smartphone users. You still have an opinion ;) but no worries anyway. You still contributed to the thread with some good info which will still be useful :D
 
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Into the fourty-something numbers now. More more more would be nice nice. Are there any obvious technological trends that you guys think I've missed in my survey?
 
dimo said:
$%&!. Omg. :eek: Don't do this to me now... it's due in one week. OMG... :eek:

WhY dIDn'T i ThInk Of tHaT!

Edit: Actually it's not that bad. My argument is the 16-24 aged market is the primary reeason for growth in the smartphone device market. Balls... i still think im missing a big chunk of the pie now...
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I'd agree with that. In my view most original smartphone users (especially those that use it for business proper (ie programs on it not just emailing)) haven't changed their usage or platform much, however the iPhone has brigded the gap between the dumb phone and the smartphone, making a large number of people move up from a dumb phone to the "bridge" phone that is the iPhone, most of who are in that sort of age group. Obviously there is some movement between the other bits and pieces but essentially Blackberry users still use blackberries and WinMo users still use WinMo.

I have a HD btw, possibly soon changed to an X10

Also for your survey you mention using an apps store to download, however non iPhone users (and especially WinMo users) don't have to use apps stores for their downloads. In fact I'd wager most WinMo users don't use the windows apps store full stop.

Ahleckz said:
You should probably include a definition of what a smartphone is, as I'm sure many people will have a different idea.

Also, don't you just hate those ooftahs that play music on their phone through the loudspeaker? Grr!
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That could cause some issues depending on what definition you use. Some on the internet don't class the iPhone as a smartphone...:o
 
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Amp34 said:
I'd agree with that. In my view most original smartphone users (especially those that use it for business proper (ie programs on it not just emailing)) haven't changed their usage or platform much, however the iPhone has brigded the gap between the dumb phone and the smartphone, making a large number of people move up from a dumb phone to the "bridge" phone that is the iPhone, most of who are in that sort of age group. Obviously there is some movement between the other bits and pieces but essentially Blackberry users still use blackberries and WinMo users still use WinMo.

I have a HD btw, possibly soon changed to an X10

Also for your survey you mention using an apps store to download, however non iPhone users (and especially WinMo users) don't have to use apps stores for their downloads. In fact I'd wager most WinMo users don't use the windows apps store full stop.


That could cause some issues depending on what definition you use. Some on the internet don't class the iPhone as a smartphone...:o
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Diddn't quite get that.. did you agree that i was missing a large chunk of the pie or did you agree that 16-24 year olds are responsible for the growth. The latter i hope :p

I have a definition somewhere in my document... lemme find it. Ok got it.. the definition of a smartphone in its broadest meaning is A mobile phone or personal handy-phone system (PHS) that incorporates a public general purpose operating system, to which users can freely add applications, extend functionality, or customize

Agree or disagree?
 
I was agreeing, although I would perhaps have extended it to 30. :)

That sounds about right, however, there's the problem, the iPhone could very well fall foul of the latter two (and to the same extent the new WP7s). If the iPhone is included within that definition then my old Sony Ericsson phones (k750, k800, k850) could fit into it as well, you could download and install applications as well as customise the menus and colour scheme, as well as download new ones...

The only (mainstream) phone OSs I would say are properly included in that are WinMo, Android and Symbian as they can all be modified and extended both by the hardware manufacturers as well as consumers.

EDIT: Also, what does it mean by "public general purpose operating system"? To me that sounds like an OS that can be sread over multiple hardware configurations and manufacturers?
 
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"public general purpose operating system" means an operating system that can be used to handle most tasks and can be customised. Fair enough I need to make it clearer, I can see where you're coming from entirely.

I was tryna rep you for your post as you've pointed something out important... can't find the rep button though. Not sure if its the trusdt button? Lol. Thanks for the advice though I'll work on it...
 
Why would you want to game on a 3inch wide screen tbh ?

I would want great (and multiple) networks (physical connectivity) as standard, awesome social networking integration, and a very good camera.

Also, apple apps have to be approved by apple whereas nokia ones dont.

I prefer the former, there must be so many security vulns on the latest nokia phones where just anyone can publish a program and everyone can download it.
 
Being out of the country right now i have realised just how much i used to use my personel iPhone for data and other random net access.

Losing that online access (due to cost not connection $10 a meg is too much pain too take) it is strangely limiting.

While I still have works blackberry its websenced up and cant access anything i might actually want to look at on the move for personel reason.

Something you see in Korea a lot is people watching TV on their phones. On the Subways everyone is watching TV on there phones with a perfect signal. Its pretty impressive the coverage you get out here, I have never lost a signal either in a lift or a Tube.
In Seoul total coverage is total coverage.
 
twoblacklines said:
Also, apple apps have to be approved by apple whereas nokia ones dont.

I prefer the former, there must be so many security vulns on the latest nokia phones where just anyone can publish a program and everyone can download it.
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that's not true. Symbian does and always has required 3rd party programs to be digitally signed otherwise they won't install. this approval has to either come from symbian, Nokia or a recognised Application developer.
 
So would it be fair to say total coverage of wireless networks is something in demand from us UK phone users?
 
dimo said:
Into the fourty-something numbers now. More more more would be nice nice. Are there any obvious technological trends that you guys think I've missed in my survey?
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The technology to get it cheaper and mainly to get a contract sub £10 for something like an I-Phone
 
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