Mobile Phone Reviews
 
 
3G phones are a turn off

Fri, 10 Feb 2006

According to a new survey commissioned by Netonomy, 3G has not caught the interest of many mobile phone users.

Barcelona is about to host a 3GSM World Congress and the results of this survey come at a bad time. The survey suggests UK consumers find mobile services very confusing and concerns about how easy 3G handsets are to use is still holding many users back from buying the handset and services.

The poll results showed that out of the 2,000 respondents, 79 per cent believe mobile phone services are getting ever complicated to understand and configure compared to 71 per cent in January 2005.

Out of the people who already own a 3G phone, 73 per cent rarely use 3G services or the applications available and 28 per cent have never used them at all.

Out of the people who do not own a 3G phone, 47 per cent were confident they would find 3G phones and services easy to use and 8 per cent were considering upgrading to a 3G phone. John Hughes, co-founder and executive vice president of Netonomy said, "This research is likely to be a bit disappointing for the mobile industry."
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