Nearly half of U.S. smartphone owners say they already use, or plan to soon start using, their devices for shopping, according to a new
survey by ABI Research. More than half
(53%) said they intended to use their smartphones for banking, while 17% of regular phone users plan to use mobile banking services. "These findings are part of a larger picture which quantifies
smartphone users' consistently higher use of a wide range of activities and features, from mobile browsing through multimedia to navigation," according to primary research director Janet Wise. The
results were based on a survey of 2,000 consumer technology users.
A separated study by Luth Research, Lightspeed Research and the Mobile Marketing Association
in October found 59% of mobile consumers planned to user their phones for holiday shopping and celebration planning.
