Phones, Phones, Phones, the assignment Questionnaire

Yeah, you see the title, take three minutes or so, fill this in, please and thank you, disclaimors on questionnaire :p Some of you might have completed this through email, the rest of you, get to it :p

I have sent you this questionnaire for a field study I am undertaking in my Cultural Studies class. The purpose of these questions is to find trends in the use of mobile phones. Your name shall not be published in the results of this questionnaire, the first three questions are for data tracking and for finding trends within these groups. You may withdraw your information at any time if you wish to do so.

Age:
Gender:
Nationality

Which phone brand do you own? (eg, Nokia, Motorola)
Which network are you on? (eg, Virgin, Vodaphone)
Is your phone pay-as-you-go or contract?
Do you own more than one phone?

Do you mainly use your phone for talking or for texting?
How much money, on average, do you spend on your phone per month?
Do you mainly have friends on your phone or is it just for family?
What do you like best about your phone?
What do you like least about your phone?

Yes/No
Do you always take your phone with you when you leave the house?
Do you ever talk on the phone while walking in the street?
Has your phone ever gone off while you€™ve been in a lesson/meeting?
Is your phone a €˜safety blanket€™ (do you feel safer with it)?
Do you always get the latest phones available?

Thank you for taking part in this study. Please note that the information you supply here will be deleted by admin upon my request, however until then the information here will be publically viewable so please bear this in mind in your responses. Once collated by me and the project is complete all data will be destroyed

36
Male
British
Motorola V500/ O2 XDA Exec from xmas :)
Orange
PAYG
Only 1 Phone
50%/50%
£15
50%/50%
Being in touch everywhere
Call costs!
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No

Regards, Simon

(Message edited by gooroo on November 17, 2005)

28
Male
British
Nokia 6230i
O2
Contract
1 Phone
50%/50%
£19.99
Everybody
Very easy to navigate and use (Good menu system)
Poor screen resolution when recording video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No

17
Female
British

Sony Ericsson K700i
Vodaphone
pay-as-you-go
Yes

Texting
40 pound
Friends
The camera
The writing is far too small

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No

24
Male
British

Sony Ericsson K750i
Vodafone
Contract
Only 1 Phone

Talking
£60
Friends, Family and Work contacts
Durability
Cost

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes (Providing its a free upgrade)

27
Male
British

Nokia 6310i
BT Mobile
Contract
2 - Mobile phone and a Blackberry

Talking
£0
Friends, Family and Work
Reliability
Size

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No

39
Female
British

Nokia 5210 & O2 X1 (yes, I know, theyre old bangers, but I like them!)
Orange and 02
Pay As You Go
2 Phones

Talk on one and texts for the other
around £15
Friends, families, and companies
it vibrates! *giggles*
not loud enough at times

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No

Gawd, Im the oldest on this so far! cmon ya other oldies! get on here, so I dont look like Im the only sad person here that has nothing else better to do! LOL

This is still me, get used to it! :lame:

18
Male
British

Motorola V3 (silver)
Vodafone
Contract
No

About equal for talking and texting.
£40 a month flat fee.
Roughly equal friends and family.
Slim, also has a large screen and quality camera
The software can be glitchy.


Yes
Yes
No (I put it on vibrate just incase)
Yes
Depends on there styling which is why im sticking with the Moto V3

Chris - ^_^

20
Male
Dutch

Sony Ericsson W800i
Telfort
Contract
No, at least no active ones.

More talking than texting
£10 a month
MP3 player :D
non found yet

Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No

16
Male
Swedish

Sonyericsson Z600
Telia
Pay as you go
no

More texting then talking
About £7 for two months
Mainly Family
It has a door
The speaker is broken!

Yes
Yes
Just put sound off
Yes
Defenetly not!

17
Male
English

Motorola Razr V3 (Silver)
O2
Pay & Go
Yes, an old O2-X2 aswell.

Texting.
£10
Friends
The sleekness.
Small memory.

Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Try to whenever I change.

35
Male
Dutch

Nokia 6310i
Vodaphone
business contract
No

Talking
nothing

friends and business contacts
its robustness
Sound quality


yes
yes
no
no
no

Age:18
Gender:Male
Nationality:Dutch

Which phone brand do you own? (eg, Nokia, Motorola):Siemens
Which network are you on? (eg, Virgin, Vodaphone):Vodaphone
Is your phone pay-as-you-go or contract?:pay-as-you-go
Do you own more than one phone?yeah

Do you mainly use your phone for talking or for texting?talking only
How much money, on average, do you spend on your phone per month?very little actually
Do you mainly have friends on your phone or is it just for family?well, people I know in general, friends, family, you name them
What do you like best about your phone?I can talk to people wherever I am, which is the sole reason I have one of those mobile phones
What do you like least about your phone?not much to dislike about it I think

Yes/No
Do you always take your phone with you when you leave the house?No
Do you ever talk on the phone while walking in the street?Hardly... so yes
Has your phone ever gone off while you€™ve been in a lesson/meeting?No
Is your phone a €˜safety blanket€™ (do you feel safer with it)? Slightly
Do you always get the latest phones available?Nah

Age: 16
Gender: male
Nationality: British

siemens (sl55)
Orange
pay-as-you-go
Yes, they dont work but i own them

Both
£20
friends
it slides up and down
Its not mine i borrowed it cause mine broke, it doesnt have a propper camera and it cost 12p for a txt when my 5 free ones run out


yes
if someone rings me yes
yes
yes
no

Age: - 17
Gender: - Male
Nationality: - British

Which phone brand do you own? - Nokia 3220
Which network are you on? - Orange
Is your phone pay-as-you-go or contract? - PAYG
Do you own more than one phone? - Yes, but only one is operational.

Do you mainly use your phone for talking or for texting? - Texting
How much money, on average, do you spend on your phone per month? - £10
Do you mainly have friends on your phone or is it just for family? - Roughly equal mixture of both.
What do you like best about your phone? - Colour screen, high quality camera.
What do you like least about your phone? - Not a lot, but probably the short battery life.

Yes/No
Do you always take your phone with you when you leave the house? - Yes
Do you ever talk on the phone while walking in the street? - Yes
Has your phone ever gone off while you€™ve been in a lesson/meeting? - Yes
Is your phone a €˜safety blanket€™ (do you feel safer with it)? - Yes
Do you always get the latest phones available? - No

16
Male
British

Panasonic X400
Vodaphone
PAYG
1 Phone

TXT
£20
Friends mainly
Robust
Carnt take vids

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No

53
Male
English

Nokia
O2
Contract
No

Talk
35.00
Mainly work and Wife/friends
Fits in my pocket / useful alarm function
People keep calling me on it!

Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No

See Audrey, youre not the oldest now!

43
Male
British

Nokia
Orange
Contract
no

Talking
£55
friends
its small and robust
it gets dust behind the screen.


YES
YES
YES
NO
NO

45 (OMG! what a give away!)
Female
British

Motorola V220
Virgin
Pay-as-you-go
No

Both
£20
Friends
Small and robust
I cannot customise the exterior like I could my old Nokia

Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No

BTW Mike, youre 44 you crusty old cheat! :)

38
Male
British
Dont own a phone.. (though work provide one, it aint mine. its a nokia on vodafone,foldy keyboard thing, I use it as little as possible as I hate phones)The only thing I use it for with any regularity is connected to the PC via bluetooth GPRS modem


there thats buggered your results

Age: 37
Gender: female
Nationality: Belgian (Flemish)

Which phone brand do you own? Sony-Ericsson K300I
Which network are you on? Mobistar (Belgium)
Is your phone pay-as-you-go or contract? contract
Do you own more than one phone? nope

Do you mainly use your phone for talking or for texting? for talking, and spare brains (calendar)
How much money, on average, do you spend on your phone per month? between 25 and 50 Euros
Do you mainly have friends on your phone or is it just for family? friends
What do you like best about your phone? snapshots and videos
What do you like least about your phone? not loud enough (Its never loud enough ! The ceiling has to start falling down before I notice the ringing... and dont get me started on the vibrating alert, now theres a feature that definitely needs improving...)

Yes/No
Do you always take your phone with you when you leave the house? yes
Do you ever talk on the phone while walking in the street? yes
Has your phone ever gone off while you€™ve been in a lesson/meeting? no
Is your phone a €˜safety blanket€™ (do you feel safer with it)? yes
Do you always get the latest phones available? no

Age: 26
Gender: Male
Nationality: British

Which phone brand do you own? Ericsson T29s
Which network are you on? Virgin
Is your phone pay-as-you-go or contract? Contract
Do you own more than one phone? No

Do you mainly use your phone for talking or for texting? Talking
How much money, on average, do you spend on your phone per month? £5
Do you mainly have friends on your phone or is it just for family? Mainly friends
What do you like best about your phone? Its reliable and looks so old no-one would steal it
What do you like least about your phone? Lack of GPRS/web access

Do you always take your phone with you when you leave the house? Yes
Do you ever talk on the phone while walking in the street? Yes
Has your phone ever gone off while you€™ve been in a lesson/meeting? Yes
Is your phone a €˜safety blanket€™ (do you feel safer with it)? Yes
Do you always get the latest phones available? Definitely not.

Thank you, everyone, for your participation in this research, i did my presentation and it went quite well so thanks. If i could just ask the admin to leave this message up for a day or so and then delete the thread, that would be great.