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Half of Korean Android Users in Their Teens and 20s Switch to iPhones

Half of Korean Android Users in Their Teens and 20s Switch to iPhones

SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Nine out of 10 young smartphone users in their teens and 20s opted for an Android phone as their initial smartphone, but over half of them eventually transitioned to iPhone smartphones. According to the report by industry tracker Counterpoint Research, about 85 percent of Korean smartphone users under the [...]

1 in 3 Streaming Service Users Prefer Ad-free Subscriptions: Survey

1 in 3 Streaming Service Users Prefer Ad-free Subscriptions: Survey

SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) — One in 3 South Koreans users of online streaming services prefer subscription plans without advertisements, a survey showed Tuesday. Local pollster Open Survey conducted a survey of 3,000 adults, with 32 percent of respondents expressing a preference against watching advertisements on streaming platforms, even if the subscription fee was [...]

U.S. Streaming Platform Users Prefer Korean Content After American

U.S. Streaming Platform Users Prefer Korean Content After American

SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Streaming service users in the U.S. accessed Korean video content the most after American content, a survey showed Sunday. The Korea Communications Commission and the Korea Broadcast Advertising Corp. analyzed 2,015 American users accessing Korean content, which showed that 90.4 percent of them accessed U.S. content in the last [...]

Number of Microsoft Bing Users Up Sharply in S. Korea: Data

Number of Microsoft Bing Users Up Sharply in S. Korea: Data

SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Microsoft Corp.’s search engine Bing is enjoying global popularity on the back of its integration of Open AI’s technology, and South Korea is no exception, data showed Sunday. The nation’s search engine influx rate (market share in search) stood at 62.8 percent for Naver, 31.4 percent for Google and [...]