Poll finds Bangkokians gadget-happy

ELECTRONICS

Published: 5 Jan 2013 at 00.00
Newspaper section: Business

Smartphones, TVs and notebooks/tablets are the top three technologies that make for happier Bangkokians, says a poll commissioned by LG.

Thunyachate Ekvetchavit (second from right) and Suparang Anuchapreeda (right) from LG Electronics (Thailand) release a poll offering a complete snapshot of Bangkokians’ attitudes towards work and social relationships and their interplay with technology.

Conducted by Suan Dusit Poll, the survey of 1,037 people aged 20-45 in the central business district found 32% saying a smartphone or mobile is the device that makes life good - especially among women 20-25 years old - followed by television sets with 24%, notebooks/tablets (23%) and music/MP3 players (5%).

This article is older than 60 days, which we reserve for our premium members only.You can subscribe to our premium member subscription, here.

Around bangkok

General listing Bangkok Post Recommended

See: company in thailand More >>
Around bangkok

Global Hotel Supply Co.,Ltd.

Global Hotel Supply Co. is specialising in the manufacture and supply ...
- • Gnosis Co., Ltd.
- • VTN Intertrade Co., Ltd
- • Yongkee Co., Ltd
- • Wasska Auto Parts Co., Ltd.
- • V.C.S. Ltd., Part.
See: company in thailand
More >>

Forum

Your comments

Asian Hand
Post : 395
Send message

Discussion 14 : 06 Jan 2013 at 10.5414
Post this to my Facebook
The survey has recognized that Thailand is now inhabitated by Bangkokians, a colonialist power that has finally taken over the country with whitening cream and smartphones while all other civilizations have failed.
Like dislike 3 people liked / 0 people disliked this comment
jacksprat
Post : 2,443
Send message

Discussion 13 : 05 Jan 2013 at 15.0513
Post this to my Facebook
@discussion 12 - The same applies to cars. One simply must have one because everyone else does.
Like dislike 8 people liked / 0 people disliked this comment
drsmith
Post : 1,571
Send message

Discussion 12 : 05 Jan 2013 at 14.2312
Post this to my Facebook
Thai's earning 6,000 thb per month with a smartphone costing 25,000 thb that they are making installment payments on. The shocking thing is they all believe somehow having this phone makes them more important to society. Gee, I am broke, eating street food and playing with my 25,000 baht smartphone. How completely ridiculous is this? It just goes to show you that most Thai's have NO quality of life and rely on their smartphone as a technological life support system.
Like dislike 14 people liked / 0 people disliked this comment
elvis
Post : 409
Send message

Discussion 11 : 05 Jan 2013 at 14.1211
Post this to my Facebook
When I look at the people who are living in our building, perpetually rubbing the screen of their smartphones wherever they go, totally unaware of their surroundings, I can't help but wondering whether we are evolving backwards and that in time we will walk with our knuckles scraping over the sidewalk...
Like dislike 12 people liked / 0 people disliked this comment
elvis
Post : 409
Send message

Discussion 10 : 05 Jan 2013 at 13.1710
Post this to my Facebook
"It is appallingly obvious our technology has exceeded our humanity"

-Albert Einstein

I rest my case.
Like dislike 21 people liked / 0 people disliked this comment
frankieb
Post : 56
Send message

Discussion 9 : 05 Jan 2013 at 12.379
Post this to my Facebook
What a frivolous poll if there ever was one...why would anyone want a TV today? You have a computer connected, you can watch anything you want - When you want. And who cares about using technology for education today...go figure this poll.
Like dislike 10 people liked / 1 people disliked this comment
HowIWish
Post : 141
Send message

Discussion 8 : 05 Jan 2013 at 12.068
Post this to my Facebook
Nothing funnier than watching a table of Thais out having dinner at a well to do restuarant, yes you guessed it, instead of having well valued personal connectionconversation time, they are ALL ignoring one another while they sms on their smartphones checking their facebook page as though their live depends on it!!!! One reason I have refused my daughter an iPhone for the past 18 months, and now ask a friend not to turn on his iPad at our restaurant table...
Like dislike 19 people liked / 1 people disliked this comment
dao
Post : 4,616
Send message

Discussion 7 : 05 Jan 2013 at 10.217
Post this to my Facebook
What about a survey of how sedentary people are becoming sitting around all day touching a screen .
Like dislike 16 people liked / 1 people disliked this comment
steveyinasia
Post : 333
Send message

Discussion 6 : 05 Jan 2013 at 10.066
Post this to my Facebook
Look on the BTS.... The least smart part of the smartphone population are the users themselves........messaging and playing games are high in the list of brainless activities. The iPhone is not as much a smartphone as it is a status symbol.
Like dislike 18 people liked / 2 people disliked this comment
rebel4ever
Post : 417
Send message

Discussion 5 : 05 Jan 2013 at 09.545
Post this to my Facebook
I would like to see the (leading) questions. This survey is absolutely non representative. Just a way of promoting LG.. How sick. You know what I want? To get all those eye-soaring billboards from the streets, particularly those of LG.
Like dislike 15 people liked / 1 people disliked this comment

1 2 Next Last

Poll finds Bangkokians gadget-happy | Bangkok Post: business