Thursday, February 12, 2015

Feature Phone Only Live Waiting Doom

Continued development of smartphone technology (smart phones) are increasingly pamper users. No wonder if they fled the ordinary phones and feature phones (mobile phones with basic capabilities, but with a slightly more advanced features) then switch to using smart phones.

Former Chairman of the Indonesian Cellular Telecommunications Association (ATSI), Sarwoto Atmosutarno revealed, smartphones in Indonesia now account for 30 per cent - 40 per cent of Indonesian market. And development will thrive continuously.

"Going forward feature phone that inevitably would have shifted. Now this is a period of transition from feature phones to smartphones," he said recently.

According to him, the shift from feature phones to smart phones is fairly reasonable. Because the public will continue to adjust its needs with technological developments. In terms of competition, according to Indonesia's Sarwoto more influential is the price. So we can be sure that the smartphone Chinese products more demanding public.

"Whoever the manufacturer, provided he can sell it for 50 dollars or less, the product was to be searched society whose population is much sepertu Indonesia," he said.

According to observers of ICT Studies Communication Technology Heru Sutadi, cheap price with complete feature is also a reason why the rapid development of smartphones annually. In fact, according to him, in 2015, users smartphon predicted increased 5 percent - 10 percent.

"When compared to smartphone users with a regular mobile phone users in Indonesia is still a little impartial comparison. But because many smartphone with economical price, users will switch to a smartphone," he told Reuters on Tuesday (10/02).

Even so, Heru added, regular phones and feature phones will not be destroyed 100 percent. Because there are still users who use it for security reasons or long-lasting battery life.

"There are a lot of really who use ordinary phones. They are not not afford to buy a smartphone, but it is safer if taken away far as the batteries last longer," he said.

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