Well, alright, let’s not beat about the bush, the survey in this case was “me, looking at the number of comments we’ve had from people on blog posts relating to cheap touchscreen phones”. There is no scientific basis for what I’m about to write, and in all honesty, there was no actual “survey” as such, it’s merely an observation I made, which I found interesting.
As you all probably realise, I keep an eye on the comments you make to these blog posts, sometimes to kick somebody sweary out, sometimes to answer people’s questions, and so on. Seriously, I reckon we have some brilliant commenters, here (and if you’re wondering whether I include people who disagree with me in that sentence, most definitely yes, it shows people are thinking when they want to actively debate things).
It also gives us a bit of an insight into what’s bubbling under the subconscious of our average commenter about what’s hot and what’s not. And that’s where we come to the bit I noticed this morning, when I noticed which posts have had the most comments recently.
That’s because there have been but two phones, recently, which seemed to have attracted the lion’s share of the comments: the Orange Vegas and the Samsung Genio. And I find that intriguing, because the one thing they both have in common is this: they’re both cheap touchscreen phones. That is, I reckon, significant, because in the past, it was the likes of the Nokia N82 that would get the most comments. But now, it seems, the Orange Vegas has taken up the mantle, one particular blog post about it getting 36 comments.
And I reckon I know why. I reckon that touchscreens are immensely popular among you guys reading this, but the other bit of their description, the ‘cheap’ bit, is the big draw. Am I right? Is a cheap price more important than top-end features? Or are the readers who want the Genio or Vegas more inclined to comment on blog posts than the people who want, say, an HTC HD2?
Either way, it’s an intriguing thought.
So, what do you guys think? Are these the most popular phones on the market, or are the people who buy them just more likely to comment than other readers? Or is there some other reason? Leave us a comment and have your say!
