Give me a simple phone
May 28, 2006 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under Mobile Monitor, The Unwired Life
As it turns out, a number of people are trading in feature-packed phones for something simpler. It’s back to the days when your mobile phone did nothing more than, well, make calls.
This particular part of the article is striking:
Consumers last year paid $8.6 billion for so-called data applications on their phones, up 86 percent from the year before, according to wireless trade group CTIA.
But they’ve also shown a growing frustration with how confusing those added features can be. A J.D. Power & Associates survey last year found consumer satisfaction with their mobile devices has declined since 2003, with some of the largest drops linked to user interface for Internet and e-mail services.
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