Research firm M:Metrics has released data putting the UK at the top of the charts in terms of Music functionality in handsets, with 40% of all UK handsets featuring music storage and playback, followed by Germany with 34% penetration, Italy with 32%, 29% for Spain and 23% for France.
By comparison, as with many other media features, the US lags, with 17% of all handsets sold with music functionality.
The news is not all good for operators though. According to the M:Metrics data, customers with music phones favor loading music from a computer to the handset by a wide margin vs. over the air (OTA) downloads from operators or other services. for example, in the UK, the margin was 12% for synced or "sideloaded" music vs. just under 3% for OTA.
IN the as elsewhere, SonyEricsson leads the music phone pack, holding 6 of the top 10 places in terms of device ownership in this category. Nokia featured in two spots, with LG and Samsung in the remaining 2 of 10.
Find more great data over at Cellular-News.
March 23rd, 2007 at 10:24 am
Cell phone, camera and MP3. What is next, GPS that tracks you all over the world? Hackers can monitor every phone call you make, maybe thats old.
Put less toys into a phone. If you ask people, they answer you with, I dont use every toy that comes with the phone.
May 7th, 2007 at 8:48 am
Agree! The phone is for talking; all the rest is just for show off.