Nielsen’s 2013 Mobile Consumer Report details what users from various countries do with their smartphones.
Even with operating systems that offer consumers high-speed connections, built-in multimedia features and access to a multitude of apps, text messaging is still one of the most popular mobile activities among smartphone owners in all countries. South Korean smartphone owners are generally the most active when using their smartphone for multimedia or commerce activities such as web browsing and online banking, and Brazilians are the heaviest users of social media on their smartphones.
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Hero - February 28, 2013 at 12:38am
Love how it left using a cellphone for actual "talk" out of the graph/chart. Seriously... Who calls people anymore?
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NoGoodNick - February 27, 2013 at 11:10pm
Intriguing. I especially like how NO ONE is streaming music or doing mobile shopping, the two most talked about elements of smart phones!
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Ooh - February 27, 2013 at 10:00pm
Well, it looks like 'south Korea' watches a lot of porn which is why it's got the highest Video/ mobile TV percentage.
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CliveB - February 27, 2013 at 9:19pm
Talk about meaningless charts. If I add up any country's percentages they are all above 100%. So it tells me nothing.
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Amriibacchus - February 27, 2013 at 9:57pm
Some people do more then one thing.
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NoGoodNick - February 27, 2013 at 11:12pm
Only if you assume people are only allowed to do ONE thing on their devices. Personally, I don't know of ANYONE who uses their smartphones for only one thing. If they did, all it would do would be to work as a telephone.
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Dennis - February 27, 2013 at 8:52pm
They left out porn. That's a significant chunk of day that we use.
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tzvifiller - February 27, 2013 at 8:37pm
Why don't they filter it by platform?
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Matias - February 27, 2013 at 8:36pm
This information is presented in the wrong way, making it hard to understand things at a first look.
It should be group by country, and the cake split by activity performed. Not the other way around.
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6italia0 - February 27, 2013 at 8:22pm
So India really just text? Doesn't look like they even use their phones at all, hmm no wonder blackberry is so popular over there
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