A survey conducted in April 2012 by ikapadata, a research company based in Cape Town, revealed that Nokia is the most popular cellphone brands among residents of townships in Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Durban.<\/p>\n
The survey had 1,008 participants across various Living Standards Measure (LSM) and age groups.<\/p>\n
The survey found that 46% of surveyed township residents use their cellphones for browsing the internet, 43% for accessing Facebook<\/a> and 32% for accessing MXit<\/a>.<\/p>\n Among better-off township residents (LSM 8\u201310, n=194), ikapadata<\/a> said 75% claim to use Facebook on their cellphones, while 54% in the same LSM groups say they use MXit.<\/p>\n \u201cThe popularity of mobile internet services among the surveyed population can be partly ascribed to the increasing prevalence of smartphones in townships,\u201d ikapadata said.<\/p>\n According to ikapadata, 53% of respondents have a Nokia<\/a> phone as their primary device, Samsung<\/a> is in second place with 19% and Blackberry<\/a> is in the third spot with 11%.<\/p>\n \u201cAt the same time 91% of Blackberry owners claim to browse the internet compared to 41% of owners of other brands\u2019 cell- phones,\u201d ikapadata said.<\/p>\n Cellphones main gateway to Internet in SA townships<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Facebook vs Mxit in SA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n SA Internet stats for 2011 revealed<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\nRelated articles<\/h3>\n