Phone buyers want text messaging most
More than 15 years after the first one was sent, text messages are still the most important thing for buyers when picking a new phone, a survey has found.
At a time when mobile phones do everything from taking photos to acting as a sat-nav the humble SMS is often ignored.
But research has found that 73 percent of phone buyers would not pick a mobile without the ability to send texts.
Asked what was the most important feature for them a camera came second with 67 percent followed by the ability to send email (63 percent) access the internet (61 percent) and listen to music (34 percent.)
It was 15 years ago when Brit Neil Papworth sent the first text to a phone from a computer.
"We've come a long way since that first text message was sent to a cell phone from a computer keyboard -- because at that time cell phones were not yet designed to type out and send individual letters of the alphabet," said Kiyo Oishi, ACCESS Systems who commissioned the research.
"It's truly a milestone that in 2008, 73% of new cell phone buyers cite 'text messaging' as the 'most important' feature on their device."
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