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| Warning: Early-Adopters
Have Lukewarm Response to Multimedia Handsets |
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The cellular phone industry's
hype machine has been in high gear over innovative music-
and TV-centric devices and services. But hold on, a new
In-Stat report shows that some early-adopters are less
than enthused.
The report, titled "Warning: Early-Adopters Have
Lukewarm Response to Multimedia Handsets," finds fewer
than 9% of respondents were very or extremely interested
in buying a cell phone capable of playing MP3 or other
music files.
In addition, this primary research shows what end-users
think about:
- TV on cell phones
- Storage capacity for music and video files
- Payment schemes
- Video content preferences
In addition, the report includes worldwide shipment
forecasts, discussion of some of the latest handsets,
and details on the looming battle between DVB-H proponents
and Qualcomm's MediaFLO.
If your work touches multimedia and cell phones,
this new report is for you. It has the information you
need to stay ahead of competitors. |
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- Executive Summary
- Methodology
For Data Collection
- Overview
- Music
- Getting Music
Files: USB Cable Wins
- Storage: How
Much is Enough?
- Sweet Spot
for MP3 Phone: $10 to $25 Extra
- Tepid Interest
in FM Radio
- Weak Interest
in AM Radio
- TV
- Broadcast TV
Stirs Little Interest
- Paying Extra:
Less than $10 to $25 Per Handset
- Slight Interest
in Video on Demand (VOD)
- Thumbs Down
for Current VOD Payment Model
- Paying for Audio
or Video Services
- Top Scheme:
Pay Per Clip, or Song
- Carriers and
Multimedia
- Best Multimedia
Carrier
- Interest in
TV on a Handset by Carrier
- Music Phone
Interest by Carrier
- Phone Brand
- Interest in
a Music Phone by Brand
- Interest in
TV Phone by Brand
- Interest in
Storage by Phone Brand
- Storage
- Removable Storage
- Interest in
Removable Storage by Carrier
- Demographics
- Occupation
- Age
- Income
- Summarizing
End-Users
- Handset Forecasts,
Technology
- Emerging Mobile
TV Rivals
- Multimedia Handsets
- Music Phones
- TV and Video
Phones
- Summary
- Table 1.
Worldwide MP3-playing (and other music file formats) Cell Phone Forecast,
2005-2010 (Units in Thousands)
- Table 2.
Worldwide TV-enabled Cell Phone Forecast, 2005-2010 (Units in Thousands)
- Table 3.
Comparison of DVB-H and MediaFLO mobile TV technologies
- Figure 1. Just
8.5% of respondents said they were very or extremely interested in buying
a cell phone with the capability of playing MP3 or other music files
- Figure 2. Nearly
three out of four respondents would prefer to cable music
files from a PC to a cell phone, while slightly more than one in four
would prefer to get them over the air from their wireless carrier
- Figure 3. One gigabyte
of built-in storage for music files was the amount chosen most by respondents
- Figure 4. The largest
segment of respondents would pay between $10 and $25 extra for a cell
phone with MP3 capability
- Figure 5. Just
8.6% of respondents were either very or extremely interested in buying
a cellular phone with the ability to receive FM radio stations
- Figure 6. A very
small segment (6.7%) of respondents were either very or extremely interested
in AM radio capability on a cellular phone
- Figure 7. Just
10.7% of respondents were very or extremely interested in buying a cell
phone capable of receiving broadcast TV programming
- Figure 8. News
and weather were the leading types of programming among respondents
who were at least somewhat interested in buying a TV-enabled cell phone
- Figure 9. The largest
blocks of respondents (45.3%) would pay less than $10 to less than $25
extra for a broadcast TV-enabled cell phone
- Figure 10. Just
under 12% of respondents were either very or extremely interested in
video on demand (VOD) for their cell phones
- Figure 11. Most
respondents (63.4%) thought the pricing of VCast service was too high
at $15 per month
- Figure 12. The
top payment scheme for buying music or video content was per song or
clip, according to 31.8% of the respondents
- Figure 13. Verizon
Wireless was seen as the wireless carrier with the best multimedia offerings,
but the vast majority did not know which carrier to rank best, a clear
sign that it is still quite early for these types of services
- Figure 14. T-Mobile
respondents had the greatest interest in buying a cell phone capable
of receiving broadcast TV programs
- Figure 15. Sprint
PCS and T-Mobile respondents had the greatest interest in buying a cell
phone with MP3 or other music file playing functionality
- Figure 16. Respondents
with Samsung phones had the greatest interest in buying a music-enabled
phone
- Figure 17. Respondents
with LG phones had the greatest interest (13.7%) in buying a cell phone
capable of receiving broadcast TV programming
- Figure 18. Kyocera
respondents had the greatest interest in removable storage on their
cell phones
- Figure 19. Nearly
one in four respondents said removable storage was very or extremely
important to have on a cell phone for music files, pictures, video clips
or other data files
- Figure 20. T-Mobile
respondents had the greatest interest in removable storage on a cellular
phone
- Figure 21. The
largest group of respondents identified their jobs as being in the executive
or managerial segment of the market
- Figure 22. The
largest segment of respondents was 55 and older
- Figure 23. The
largest group of respondents had an annual pre-tax income between $75,000
and $100,000
- Figure 24. Sony
Ericssons W800 Walkman phone
- Figure 25. Left
to right: LGs VX8000, UTStarcoms CDM8940, and Samsungs
SCH-a890
- Figure 26. Nokias
7710 smartphone
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