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Parent Christmas gift decisions: iPad2 or Bike?

by Graham Brown on November 15, 2011

It’s almost holiday season, or at least the retailers would like us to think so. With the recession in full swing you could be forgiven for thinking that even our most demanding of consumers – the primary/elementary school kids – have softened up to allow for more traditional gift giving. But not so fast, the [...]

New article published in the Guardian newspaper today highlights the growing demands placed on schools to introduce smartphones and tablets as a core tool within the learning process. Our research highlights how the age of owning first phone is declining rapidly across all markets – 9.0 in developed  and 13.5 in developing markets (based on [...]

Teens like Blackberry but secretly love the iPhone

November 7, 2011

Ask any teen about the relationships that count and they’ll tell you “it’s complicated”. Blackberry is no different. Teen mobile behavior and their relationship with the handset is a curious one that we’ve tracked since 2009. Data tell us that they may be getting their hands on Blackberry but our own insights tell us their [...]

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Could lowering prices be an answer to compete with Apple’s iPad?

September 6, 2011

flickr (c) Ben Dodson When HP lowered the price of its tablet to $99, it sold out within days and is headed to become the second highest selling tablet behind the iPad. That does not mean lowering prices is the answer to compete with Apple or gain market share in the tablet market or the [...]

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Mobile Youth TV #2: Loyalty and Churn

August 30, 2010

This week we are looking at how AT&T, Sprint Nextel and Verizon are fighting consumer churn. Annualized youth churn rates across the 65 markets covered in the mobileYouth report average just over 30%. That means one in 3 youth accounts are switching or deactivating every year – an attrition cost that totals billions of lost dollars for service providers. See how the top 3 US operators are dealing with this issue and find out which method is the most effective.

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Hey Nokia! Remember Me?

June 24, 2010

A new Youth Research Partners presentation by Graham Brown: Featuring insights from UK, USA, China, Finland, Turkey, Spain, Indonesia and Malaysia

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Youth Mobile Loyalty – Webinar

March 24, 2010

Live at 1500 GMT on Wed 24th March 2010 hosted by Graham Brown and Ben Leis of mobileYouth. We’ll share exclusive insights from the 2010 mobileYouth report not available anywhere else publicly. We discuss: * The myth of youth wanting everything for FREE * Are youth loyalty rates increasing or decreasing in mobile? * What [...]

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Cool Youth Brands List on Twitter

October 30, 2009

Find out more about youth branding and youth marketing in our 2 new Books The Youth Marketing Handbook Influence: A Marketer’s Guide From Monster Energy Drinks to Jet Blue – here’s a list of the brands we love here at mobileYouth on Twitter so you can easily keep up with the trends. NEXT GEN BRAND [...]

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Apple tops UK Student Brand Survey for Advocacy

October 20, 2009

New research conducted by mobileYouth with OpinionPanel Research in the UK reveals the influential student population are most passionate about the Apple brand and are bored with LG & Motorola. More insights shared below in the presentation: What Do Uk Students Think Of Mobile Handset Brands? View more presentations from Josh Dhaliwal.

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CC1: What can Sodas teach Handsets?

August 20, 2009

Soda Week Put some fizz into your youth marketing. This week is Soda Week @ mobileYouth. Check out our earlier Upstart Radio conversation with Victor Nguyen Long from 72 and Sunny (audio podcast available here). Also, what do youth think of Sodas? Here’s a snippet of our research with Chidi’s review of Red Bull from [...]

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