Japanese smartphone annoyances

By Ken Y-N ( March 5, 2012 at 01:02) ? Filed under Mobile, Polls, Rankings

I?m sure everyone?s had their moments when they wished to smash their smartphone into a thousand pieces, so this survey from goo Ranking looked at exactly that, what makes people annoyed with their smartphones.

Demographics

Between the 17th and 18th of January 2012 1,048 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 61.6% of the sample were female, 12.3% in their teens, 15.6% in their twenties, 27.9% in their thirties, 25.8% in their forties, 9.5% in their fifties, and 8.9% in their sixties. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

Number 3 is my pet hate with mine. My mail program gets slow and fails to respond switching between screens, so I end up getting a bunch of taps queued up and it pops in and out of edit mode. Number 7 is also annoying, as trying to view mail while walking (hmm, perhaps it?s a safety feature instead?) often results in the screen bouncing around. What are your pet hates?

Ranking result

Q: What makes you annoyed at your smartphone? (Sample size=1,048)

Rank	?	Score
1	When the touch panel functions are difficult to use and I keep making mistakes with the kanji input selection	100
2	When the battery runs flat at a critical moment	54.7
3	When the touch panel won?t respond properly	54.4
4	When I cannot select things on the edge of the screen	47.7
5	When I cannot properly select text, etc for copying	43.3
6	When the battery rapidly loses charge for an unknown reason	41.9
7	When screen rotation is set on and the display switches orientation of its own accord	28.2
8=	When the touch panel functions play up and I call the wrong person	25.9
8=	When having difficulty viewing sites that are not smartphone-friendly	25.9
10	When I realise I have lots of windows open	25.0
11	When I go and touch the ?Call End? button during a call	23.0
12	When it?s difficult to hold and I?m often dropping it	21.5
13	When I get email from an ordingary mobile phone and all the emoji are corrupted	15.4
14	When it connects of its own accord to open wifi hot-spots	13.4
15	When I forget to lock the screen and accidentally call someone	12.5

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