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Mobile phone brands move to exploit untapped 65+ smartphone market

on Nov 20, 2014 | 0 comments

By Alison Millington

Doro Liberto 820

According to the latest research from Forrester, only 36 per cent of consumers aged 65 and older in the UK have a smartphone, compared to 89 per cent of consumers aged 18-24.

Doro is attempting to reach the 64 per cent of seniors not using a smartphone with a two-month TV campaign featuring the Doro Liberto 820, a device the brand are calling “the understanding smartphone”.

Chris Millington, managing director of Doro UK & Ireland, says its own research revealed that 53 per cent of seniors in the UK, France, Germany and Sweden want a smartphone. Millington says this is largely due Read full story ›

Source: Marketing Week