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Mobile Phones Survey
September 5th, 2009
In times of recession, hang on to your mobiles!
There was a time, very long ago now, when telephones were considered luxuries. But today, the mobile phone is ubiquitous. No matter where you go, you’re followed by the ringing of the mobile phone. Perhaps you thought the global economic crisis would have put a spoke in mobile phone sales, but, and here’s the shocker, people would rather cut back on holidays than fancy mobiles!
It’s true: in a survey of 862 Britons conducted by Ofcom, 40% said they would cut down on vacations and dining out, while only 19% would compromise on their technological indulgences. This may be attributable to the fact that a mobile phone is a one-time purchase whose value spreads out tangibly over a considerable period of time, as opposed to that 2-week vacation in Greece whose only long-term value is in photographs and memories. But does this fondness for technology extend only to phones?
Apparently not. Mobile broadband service, mobile video and mobile music downloads
are also going very strong; people still need their daily dose of the idiot box and are willing to forego expensive vacations to keep themselves entertained. That Britons just can’t do without their communication technology mod-cons is what the Ofcom survey seems to indicate.
But just because the people want it doesn’t mean they’re willing to pay anything for it. What the recession means is that people are more careful about spending on mobile phones; they’re reading the fine print before they buy, and choosing the scheme that appeals to them the most. Customers, for example, to get a best mobile offer are compromising on mobile handset quality in favour of lower outgoing call charges or even taking on longer-term schemes because of the cheaper rates they entail. This just means the challenge to the phone manufacturing and mobile service providers industry is to provide the most value for money.
As is usual, the trend can never become the rule of thumb. The phenomenal success of the iPhone and the Nokia N97, both high-end, expensive electronic devices, is a direct contrast to the ideas expressed above. Contradictory aspects of the same coin, but it is food for thought. In any case, the choice is a win-win for the mobile phone industry which doesn’t seem to be going down any time soon!
And who would have thought you’d get so much out of buying a simple mobile phone? You can get a free Playstation 3 or Dell Inspiron 17 laptop, among other FREE gifts, if you simply make the right decision. From the Auto Cashback phones, phones with free insurance, Pay As U Go phones right through to the high-end handsets such as the HTC Touch HD, Nokia 5530 XpressMusic or Samsung Tocco Lite on the O2 600, another popular choices to buy.
From The Blogosphere :
Nokia announces Music Store for India Nokia has now launched their music store in India at Nokia Music Connects in association with Music Matters, and Indiatelevision.com reports screenindia.
Skype iPhone application updated Skype has updated its iPhone app, bringing with it a number of new features that are likely to rattle o2 and AT&T in the UK and US.
TomTom’s iPhone Car Kit Delayed Well it’s official, TomTom’s much anticipated iPhone car kit accessory will not make it out this summer like the company initially had planned. Rather, it has been delayed until October according to their wbsite’s FAQ page.
Mobile broadband often works out cheaper for students, Ofcom says With students across the country heading off to university – or at least seriously thinking about it in the next couple of months – Ofcom has released a student guide to staying connected
Samsung expecting OLED laptops in Q3 2010 It’d be about a year late according to an earlier roadmap, but Samsung at IFA this week proclaimed its intention to adopt OLED for its laptop lineup as soon as the screens are commercially available – "probably sometime Q3 next year"..
HTC Touch HD 2 to run Android instead of Windows Mobile HTC is working on a sequel to its popular Touch HD handset, but the manufacturer is planning on making a few changes to the sequel. Perhaps the biggest difference is that the new version will be running on the Android OS.
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