SMARTPHONES – AUSTRALIA

Over 1.5 million intend to buy an Apple iPhone, potential negative impact on bank fee revenue

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 29-Sep-14

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that more than 1.5 million Australians aged 14+ intend to purchase an iPhone in the next 12 months. The survey, which was carried out in the six months to June 2014, also shows that 29.4 per cent of iPhone intenders make payments via mobile phone in an average four-week period. Some 14.1 per cent of ING Direct customers intend to purchase an iPhone in the next year, while the ANZ Bank (9.7 per cent) has the highest proportion of intenders among the four major banks

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, APPLE INCORPORATED, ING DIRECT, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED – ASX ANZ, WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION – ASX WBC, NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED – ASX NAB, COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA – ASX CBA

Will the new iPhone 6 be the Apple of our eye?

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 9-Sep-14

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that almost 30 per cent of Australians aged 14+ own and use an iPhone. Some 700,000 Australian consumers bought an iPhone in the year to June 2014, compared with sales of about 1.2 million between 2010 and 2013. The survey shows that 8,045,000 Australians intend to buy or upgrade a mobile phone at some point in the future. This includes 2,672,000 iPhone users

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, APPLE INCORPORATED, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY LIMITED, HTC CORPORATION

Bendigo ‘redy’ to pay through smartwatches

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Original article by Shaun Drummond, Ruth Liew
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 17 : 28-Jul-14

Bendigo & Adelaide Bank has launched a new mobile payments network that is dubbed "redy" and can be used with a Samsung smartwatch and smartphone. The technology was developed by the regional bank’s Community Telco subsidiary. The redy system uses QR codes to verify transactions, while customers also receive an online token for each redy transaction, which can be converted into cash that can be spent or donated to charity

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BENDIGO AND ADELAIDE BANK LIMITED – ASX BEN, COMMUNITY TELCO AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, PAYPAL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, SAMSUNG CORPORATION, COLES GROUP LIMITED, WESFARMERS LIMITED – ASX WES, GOOGLE INCORPORATED