“Ownership Awareness” Feature Desired Among Smartphone Users
Query Suggests Millennial and Non-Millennial Users Value Added Peace of Mind
AUBURN HILLS, MI – October 11, 2010 – As U.S. smartphone engagement rises at an increasing rate, so too does the desire for capabilities beyond expected features such as information search, entertainment and social networking. According to results from a flash poll among smartphone users within Consumer Village, 59 percent selected ownership awareness as a desired feature currently unavailable through their devices. Ownership awareness was defined as the ability for a smartphone to unlock itself through owner recognition more advanced than passcode technology, such as fingerprint or voice identification.
When analyzed by age category, the desire for ownership awareness was desired most among both Millennials (age 18-25) and Non-Millennials age (25-65).
“Contrary to popular belief that Millennials share information frivolously,” said Bob Yazbeck, Vice President, Community Methodologies for Gongos Research, “this exercise tells us that they place great value in their mobile content. Both age groups want to rely on technology to safeguard information as smartphones become even more interconnected with their lives.”
Among the 400 consumers polled, live video chats with family and friends was the second most desired feature at 51 percent, followed closely by in-store shopping recommendations and coupons via geolocation (also known as geotargeting). The flash poll and open-ended query were fielded September 7th for 72 hours inside Gongos Research’s Consumer Village, an online research community of over 20,000 members.
Gongos Research manages Consumer Village, its proprietary metaCommunity®— a large-scale “community of communities” used for quantitative and qualitative research. A Flash Poll/Conversation is an activity initiated in Consumer Village which enables companies to ask up to five questions in order to gain instant insights. A sub-community called Airwaves was launched in September 2010 to specifically engage mobile users in research.