Accenture Consumer Electronics Products And Services Usage 09
- 1. Consumer Electronics Products and Services Usage Report 2009 Copyright © 2009 Accenture All Rights Reserved. Accenture, its logo, and High Performance Delivered are trademarks of Accenture.
- 2. Overview
- 3. Research Methodology Objectives • Develop an awareness of consumer preferences for digital products and services • Understand technology purchasing and usage behavior across age groups • Project future technology trends based on current behavior • Identify key “lifestyles” emerging from behavioral changes Methodology • Online survey of more than 3,000 consumers across the U.S., representing all geographic regions • Survey was fielded in November-December 2008. It was representative of the U.S. adult (18+) population and balanced across basic demographic factors, including age and gender Copyright © 2009 Accenture All Rights Reserved. 3
- 5. Baby Boomers are embracing popular consumer technology applications nearly 20 times faster than younger generation Adoption of New Services by Generation (% change from 2008 study) 2% Change 12% Change 2008 80% 82% -2% 76% Change 68% 68% 67% 2009 <1% 2% Change Change 45% 45% 44% 45% 35% 59% 49% Change Change Change 36% 67% Change 31% 28% 26% 26% 52% 21% 18% Change 15% 13% 9% Gen Y Baby Gen Y Baby Gen Y Baby Gen Y Baby Gen Y Baby Boomers Boomers Boomers Boomers Boomers Reading blogs or Connecting on Playing video Listening to music Watching/posting listen to podcasts social networking games on the go on iPod or other videos on the sites (via mobile device) portable player Internet Copyright © 2009 Accenture All Rights Reserved. 5
- 6. Generation Y’s cravings for consumer technology applications are leveling off (continued on next two slides) Among Gen Y the survey exposed an annual slow down and, in some cases, a flattening or decline in consumer electronics and related services usage compared with Boomers. Gen Y – Preferred Consumer Services Baby Boomers – Preferred Consumer Services 54% 51% 37% 35% 31% 25% 20% 20% 22% 18% 15% 13% 7% 6% 7% 7% 4% 5% 1% 1% 3% 1% 0% 1% HD cable Local Cable or Mobile data Home Mobile HD cable Local Cable or Mobile data Home Mobile or phone satellite service for Internet phone or phone satellite service for Internet phone satellite service TV (not my mobile access service satellite service TV (not my mobile access service TV (not VoIP) HD) phone TV (not VoIP) HD) phone Going into: 2008 2009 Copyright © 2009 Accenture All Rights Reserved. 6
- 7. Generation Y’s cravings for consumer technology applications are leveling off (continued on next slide) Among Gen Y the survey exposed an annual slow down and, in some cases, a flattening or decline in consumer electronics and related services usage compared with Boomers. Connect with People on Social Own a Game Console Networking Websites 80% 82% 73% 70% 2008 2009 28% 25% 18% 19% Gen Y Baby Boomers Gen Y Baby Boomers Copyright © 2009 Accenture All Rights Reserved. 7
- 8. Generation Y’s cravings for consumer technology applications are leveling off Among Gen Y the survey exposed an annual slow down and, in some cases, a flattening or decline in consumer electronics and related services usage compared with Boomers. Read Blogs and/or Listen Participate in Communities of Interest to Podcasts on the Internet (e.g. Yahoo Groups) 48% 47% 45% 45% 30% 2008 26% 24% 15% 2009 Gen Y Baby Boomers Gen Y Baby Boomers Copyright © 2009 Accenture All Rights Reserved. 8
- 9. Mobile handsets are not widely viewed as entertainment devices - yet “Outside of making phone calls, please rank the top 3 applications that are, or would be, of most value to you on your mobile phone.” 41% 22% 16% 8% 3% 4% 2% 1% 1% 1% 1% <1% Checking Browsing Watching Listening Playing Taking Seeing Services Other I just use I do not Texting/text email on the videos to music games photos person I based on (specify) my mobile own a messaging web am my phone to mobile speaking location make phone with (requires phone (video GPS on calls Copyright © 2009 Accenture All Rights Reserved. call) phone) 9
- 10. Primary reasons respondents do not use multimedia services “ What is the primary reason you do not use your mobile phone for sending email, watching downloaded videos, or streaming content?” 54% 14% 9% 8% 8% 4% 3% I don't really My current mobile My mobile phone The cost of a The additional Other (specify) None-I currently need or want phone doesn’t can support the mobile phone services are send email on those additional support that functionality, but that can still too my mobile capabilities additional I’m not sure how support expensive to phone functionality to use that those services use sufficiently capability is too expensive Copyright © 2009 Accenture All Rights Reserved. 10
- 11. The “connected home” vision is not yet a reality Survey respondents were asked about the importance they place on consumer electronics products having the ability to connect to the Internet either directly or through a home network. 51% 46% 44% 42% 42% 32% 32% 29% 29% Important 24% Unimportant Television Game Mobile Digital Portable Console Phone Camera music player Copyright © 2009 Accenture All Rights Reserved. 11
- 12. By wide margins Boomers prefer PCs, Gen Yers prefer mobile handsets Fifty-one percent of Gen Yers prefer mobile phones over all other consumer electronics products they own. These include TVs, gaming consoles and digital cameras. By contrast, 50 percent of Baby Boomers prefer their computers, 27 percentage points higher than mobile phones. Gen Y – Preferred Consumer Electronics Baby Boomers – Preferred Consumer Electronics 51% 51% 50% 47% 38% 28% 23% 22% 21% 20% 5% 6% Computer Mobile phone TV Computer Mobile phone TV (desktop or (desktop or laptop) laptop) Going into: 2008 2009 Copyright © 2009 Accenture All Rights Reserved. 12
- 13. Generation Yers prefer mobile phone service over all home services combined On the Move: Mobility is King For Generation Y, mobile voice (+6%) and data For Baby Boomers home Internet (+19%) and plans (+600%) seem to be growing in importance mobile phones (+10%) are still rising in at the expense of home internet access (-29%). importance at the expense of Cable TV (-20%) and Local Phone Service (-17%). Gen Y – Preferred Consumer Services Baby Boomers – Preferred Consumer Services 54% 51% 37% 35% 31% 25% 22% 20% 20% 18% 15% 13% 7% 6% 7% 7% 4% 5% 1% 1% 3% 1% 0% 1% HD cable Local Cable or Mobile data Home Mobile HD cable Local Cable or Mobile data Home Mobile or phone satellite service for Internet phone or phone satellite service for Internet phone satellite service TV (not my mobile access service satellite service TV (not my mobile access service TV (not VoIP) HD) phone TV (not VoIP) HD) phone Going into: 2008 2009 Copyright © 2009 Accenture All Rights Reserved. 13
- 14. Appendix
- 15. Respondent Demographics What is your age? What is your gender? 18-24 55+ 13% 31% 18% 25-34 Female Male 51% 49% 19% 19% 35-44 45-54 Under 18 = 0% Copyright © 2009 Accenture All Rights Reserved. 15
- 16. Respondent Demographics In which region of the US do you reside? Midwest Pacific Coast and Western 20% 20% 20% Northeast 20% 20% Southeast Southwest Copyright © 2009 Accenture All Rights Reserved. 16
- 17. Which of the following consumer electronics do you currently own? 95% 90% 83% 76% 75% 70% 57% 46% 45% 39% 32% 30% 24% 17% 12% 1% Mobile Web- High- Regular Digital Computer Portable Game Portable Digital Camcorder DVD VCR Regular Digital Other phone enabled definition TV video music console gaming Camera Player home home (specify) mobile plasma recorder player device audio audio phone or LCD (Tivo, (iPod, (Gameboy, system system (Blackberry, iPhone) TV etc.) Zune) Playstation, (Sonus, etc.) etc.) Copyright © 2009 Accenture All Rights Reserved. 17
- 18. Which of the following services do you currently use? 82% 78% 65% 62% 45% 32% 23% 17% 11% 8% 8% 5% 2% Mobile Mobile Mobile Connecting Home Cable or High Pay-Per- Local Long VoIP Satellite Other phone data data my laptop to Internet satellite definition View phone distance phone radio service service for service the Internet access TV-not cable or and/or service- phone service my mobile for through my high- satellite Video not VoIP service- phone my laptop mobile definitio TV on not VoIP (e..g., (WiFi) phone n Demand email on data service mobile phone Copyright © 2009 Accenture All Rights Reserved. 18
- 19. PCs, Mobile Phones and TVs still rank as the most important consumer electronics products “ Of the consumer electronics you currently own, please rank the top 3 most important to you.” 43% 32% 9% 6% 5% 1% <1% 1% 1% <1% 1% <1% 1% <1% <1% <1% Mobile Web- High- Regular Digital Computer Portable Game Portable Digital Camcorder DVD VCR Regular Digital Other phone enabled definition TV video music console gaming Camera Player home home (specify) mobile plasma recorder player device audio audio phone or LCD (Tivo, (iPod, (Gameboy, system system (Blackberry, TV etc.) Zune) Playstation, (Sonus, iPhone) etc.) etc.) Copyright © 2009 Accenture All Rights Reserved. 19
- 20. Vast majority of consumers not embracing latest in web and consumer electronic applications Percentage that answered they spend zero hours per week on each of the following activities in a typical week. 91% 86% 83% 83% 75% 77% 67% 63% 64% Listening to Participating in Reading blogs Playing video Emailing from Writing blogs Using my Web Watching Participating in Internet radio communities of or listening to games on the a mobile or contributing camera and a videos on a a virtual world interest on the podcasts go (on phone/mobile to online VoIP service mobile phone such as Internet (e.g., handheld game device references such as Skype or other mobile Second Life Yahoo groups) device or such as to see and talk device phone) Wikipedia to family members and Copyright © 2009 Accenture All Rights Reserved. friends 20