世論 What Japan Thinks

The vast majority of Japanese phones use the 3G network, but is that enough for the average user? This survey from JR Tokai Express Research Inc (actually, japan.internet.com forgot to mention who conducted the survey, but looking at the sample size, age demographics and the high concentration of respondents from the Tokai area, it has to be from JR Tokai!) tried to find out with this survey on mobile phone speed.

Demographics

On the 9th of September 2008 330 members of the JR Tokai Express Research monitor panel completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 56.5% of the sample were male, 3.0% in their teens, 11.8% in their twenties, 31.7% in their thirties, 23.0% in thier forties, 15.4% in their fifties, 9.1% in their sixties, and 6.0% aged seventy or older.

I’m satisfied with my current mobile transmission speed, although the most I ever as from it is sending a 20 or 30 kilobyte photo attachment. Speed of operation, however, that’s a different matter altogether and something I do have strong opinions about!

Research results

Of the 330 people in the sample, 315 had mobile phones. They were asked the following questions.

Q1: How satisfied are you with your mobile phone’s transmission speed? (Sample size=315)

Completely satisfied	5.1%
Satisfied	37.1%
Perhaps satisfied	31.4%
Perhaps dissatisfied	18.1%
Dissatisfied	5.1%
Totally dissatisfied	3.2%

Q2: How important is transmission speed when selecting a mobile phone? (Sample size=315)

Most important	4.8%
Important	31.1%
Important to some degree	37.1%
Not important at all	27.0%

Q3: In the future what do you expect regarding mobile phone transmission speed? (Sample size=315)

Want much more	22.2%
Want some degree more	46.3%
Current speed is OK	27.3%
Don’t need data transmission functions	4.1%