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iPhone survey reveals 1/3 of iPhone users carry a second phone

Posted May 13, 2008 7:30 AM by Cedric Bosch
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Rubicon Consulting has conducted yet another survey of 460 iPhone users throughout the US, and here is a summary of their findings.

-iPhone users are, as a whole, ‘very satisfied’
-Top functions are e-mail and mobile browsing- Around 75% of iPhone users say it has encouraged them to do more browsing on the go
-The iPhone is pushing the smartphone market forward- 50% of iPhones replaced normal phones, 40% replaced smartphones, and 10% were first-time cellphone purchases.
-A third of iPhone users carry a second phone- Seems that some iPhone users carry their iPhones for media and email functions, and a second phone for more basic phone calls. Maybe they don’t even know the iPhon has a phone function…
-Half of iPhone users are under age 30, and 15% are students.

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  1. Is the reason 1/3 of iPhone users carry an additional phone because their contracts are not complete on their Verizon/Sprint/Alltel accounts?

    Posted by Alexandra on May 13, 2008 12:27 PM

  2. ... aside from the reason that you could SMS, dial, and email faster on non-touchscreen, button-style interfaces…

    My friends always tell me about the typing hell that is the iPhone.

    Posted by Jofell S. Gallardo on May 13, 2008 8:36 PM

  3. I’ve had no problem with the iPhone keyboard and find that I type just as fast as I did with my Blackberry. Maybe some older folks have trouble adjusting to it.  I also owned a second phone until my contract with Sprint expired and I just recently recycled it.

    I see more phones moving toward an on screen keyboards in the near future.

    Posted by Paul on May 13, 2008 11:31 PM

  4. Jofell,

    I love the iPhone keyboard and type nearly as fast on my iPhone as I do on my computer.  You have to practice for a week or so, then it is a complete pleasure to use.

    I never had a desire to purchase a smartphone before.  Not only are they cumbersome and ugly, in my opinion, I never liked the buttons.

    Posted by Alexandra on May 14, 2008 9:26 AM

  5. I’ve pondered this for reasons that will become moot once proper Exchange functionality is on the iPhone.  Not having my calendar fully sync’ed with Exchange has caused me a lot of meeting confusion.  Syncing via iTunes/Outlook just doesn’t quite cut it.

    Posted by Jeff on May 14, 2008 2:46 PM

  6. Don’t get me wrong, I love love my iPhone and it’s the first phone I really bought, not to mention I mastered the typing hell of the iPhone’s keyboard interface. It’s just frustrating that while I’m riding a cab or riding public transpo, or riding somebody else’s car, I just can’t type. I also have sweaty hands so every time I get smudge on the screen and aims for a letter, it clicks the wrong thing. My last issue is that since my hands are a bit chubby, my palm’s lower left area tend to keep on telling / clicking the keyboard to switch to the number keyboard or vice versa. The rest is all good, totally satisfied.

    Posted by Jofell Gallardo on May 14, 2008 6:53 PM

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