A recent study made in August by a research company named Canalys on 3000 Smartphone users from France, Germany and Great Britain, reveals the fact that over 50% of the users that have a Smartphone with touchscreen would waive this type of interface if they will buy a new mobile device.
According to Canalys, 38 % of those interviewed will buy a multi-touch device, while 16% will still buy a touchscreen phone based on the old stylus.
For those that have already chosen to interact with the phone through a touch screen, only 47% will choose to buy a new device having touch screen interface. Determined by the satisfaction grade offered by the producer, HTC and Apple users said, in an astonishing proportion, that they will keep the same type of device, while only 29% of Sony Ericsson Smartphone users with touchscreen interface said that will buy a similar device.
HTC Touch Diamond - The perfect combination between finger friendly and stylus
These results should put the manufacturers to think about, so that they should reconsider their offer taking into account the needs of the customers; indeed, the touchscreen is a fashion this days and they have a lot of functions, but they are now seen as impractical and not user friendly, and the technology in this devices is disappointing to many users.
According to Pete Cunningham, senior analyst at Canalys, these results should lead the mobile phones producers to operate drastic modifications, with emphasis on improving the usability and aspect, not only on visual impact and design. Otherwise they won’t be able to convince reticent people, to give up the old phones and adopt the new technology.
iPhone Touchscreen - the most appreciated touch screen interface
The bitterest opponents of the touchscreen devices are the users that are already using a touchscreen device with a stylus, and they think that finger friendly touchscreen devices as being imprecise and very hard to use.
According to age, those aged 22 to 45 declared that they are touchscreen fans, the men are being interested in this type of interface in greater extent than women.
So what would you buy ? A touch screen or a classic phone?
