Phones, Phones, Phones, the assignment Questionnaire

[darkguru]

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

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 Your name shall not be published in the results of this questionnaire, the first three questions are for data tracking and for finding trends within these groups.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

[kane]

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)

[storm]

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!

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
non found yet

Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No

[flippt]

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!