NoMoPhobia Low-battery Anxiety Consumer Study
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Published date: May 2023
Overview
Counterpoint Research conducted a survey among smartphone users in India to understand the emotions they experience in the event of battery drainage. The study highlights the factors and instances that reflect low-battery anxiety in people’s everyday routines and lifestyles. It also captures how people try to deal with low-battery anxiety. This survey was sponsored by OPPO Mobiles India to understand NoMoPhobia (fear of not being able to use a smartphone) due to low-battery anxiety among smartphone users in India. The survey was conducted mostly across Tier 1 cities and some Tier 2 cities to capture a sample size of more than 1,500 respondents. Quantitative insights were collected from online and offline buyers using their current smartphones for a duration of one to two years. Also, the responses belong to a heterogeneous group categorized based on age, education, gender and occupation.
Table of Content
- Key Takeaways
- Low-battery Anxiety Among Smartphone Users
- Discomfort around smartphone battery drainage
- Low battery anxiety by battery level
- Degree of low battery anxiety by battery level
- Smartphone usage morning and night routine
- Smartphone usage while it is charging
- Charging frequency
- Charging opportunity
- Use of power-saving mode
- Likeliness of replacing smartphone for better battery performance
- Appendix
- Demographic split
- Target respondents
- Research design: Methodology
Video
Watch our Senior Research Analyst, Arushi Chawla, discuss the rising phenomenon of low battery anxiety, also known as Nomophobia, among smartphone users in India on The Quint YouTube channel. Also joined by Divija Bhasin a psychologist and content creator and Damyant Singh Khanoria, CMO- OPPO India.
Author
Team Counterpoint
Counterpoint Research is a global industry and market research firm providing market data, intelligence, thought leadership and consulting across the technology ecosystem. We advise a diverse range of global clients spanning the supply chain – from chipmakers, component suppliers, manufacturers and software and application developers to service providers, channel players and investors. Our veteran team of analysts serve these clients through our offices located across the key innovation hubs, manufacturing clusters and commercial centers globally. Our analysts consistently engage with C-suite through to strategy, market intelligence, supply chain, R&D, product management, marketing, sales and others across the organization. Counterpoint’s key coverage areas: AI, Automotive, Cloud, Connectivity, Consumer Electronics, Displays, eSIM, IoT, Location Platforms, Macroeconomics, Manufacturing, Networks & Infra, Semiconductors, Smartphones and Wearables.
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