Useful smartphone features for overseas travel

By Ken Y-N ( March 5, 2012 at 01:05) ? Filed under Mobile, Polls, Rankings

goo Ranking recently looked at when a smartphone would be handy overseas.

Demographics

Between the 8th and 8th of February 2012 just over 1,000 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. Unfortunately, the link to the demographics is broken, so I cannot report the numbers in any detail.

Fortunately open wifi is far more common overseas than in Japan, so a smartphone can be used without worrying about roaming charges. Having just come back from overseas, the most convenient features were being able to check my docomo email via wifi and posting photos to Google+.

Ranking result

Q: What do you think a smartphone would be useful for overseas? (Sample size=just over 1,000)

Rank	?	Score
1	Don?t need to carry a map with me	100
2	Can look up words I don?t know	92.1
3	Can do translations	90.0
4	Can quickly convert prices to Japanese yen	76.8
5	Don?t need to take a camera	51.0
6	Can obtain news, etc about Japan	45.0
7	Can perform web searches	44.8
8	Don?t need a guide book	38.4
9	Can quickly work out the time difference	38.2
10	Can call Japan for free using Skype	33.7
11	Can book hotels	31.5
12	Can rearrange flight schedules	28.6
13	Can let people know where I am using SNS	16.2

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