期刊名称：International Journal of New Computer Architectures and their Applications
印刷版ISSN：2220-9085
出版年度：2012
卷号：2
期号：1
页码：274-285
出版社：Society of Digital Information and Wireless Communications
摘要：The purpose of this exploratory study is to better understand the current dynamics of the Malaysian market for smartphone and the usage behaviors of consumers. This paper presents the result of a survey on the trend of smartphone from the perspective of end consumers. The data was collected from 1814 respondents across major cities in Malaysia. This study has looked into the familiarity of users towards smartphones, choices of smartphone brand and service providers, and most importantly the determinants that influence their purchasing decision. Additionally, the consumers' preferences on smartphone specifications such as design, computing power, operating platform, and price were investigated. Furthermore, consumers' usage behaviors such as using smartphone for email, web browsing, gaming, and document reading were examined. The statistics presented provides fundamental information regarding the trends in the smartphone market and usage behaviors in Malaysia. Such information are useful for academics for the development of future works in the field, whereas for smartphone manufacturers, application developers and other stakeholders, they are able to plan their direction in the Malaysian smartphone market.
关键词：Mobile phone; Smartphone; Usage behavior; ; Market survey; Consumers study
