ZDC, which is ZOL Data Center, released a report on Chinese netizen camera phone user behavior in 2013. This report was based on a survey on ZOL, it collected 1,260 responses and received 1,248 effective responses.
Key Findings:
- 95.4% Chinese netizen had mobile phones.
- 96.3% Chinese netizen had smartphones.
- Android users reached 70%, followed by iOS users
- Samsung occupied 19.1% market share by volume, followed by iPhone and HTC.
- Dual Camera phone users occupied 70% market share by volume, 8/8.1/8.7 million pixels users reached 40%.
- 90% interviewers said they used mobile phone to take photos in daily life. 59.7% would choose camera when travelling.
- Almost 60% said they would use mobile phone to take photos of people, while for scene, plant and animal, more people would use camera than mobile.
- The major reason for taking photos with mobile was because mobile could take photo anytime anywhere.
- High quality and high resolution was the main reason why people used camera.
- Most people use mobile to take photos three or four times a week.
- Interviewers ages were mainly between 26-35, with 40%. 20% of interviewers were students, and 60.1% of students were college students.