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Same devices, different experiences Why your users in Asia will never be like your users in Europe Chui Chui Tan @ChuiSquared http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/remkotanis/5790061840/Tuesday, 20 November 12

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The mo bile market is o utsi de the Number of States. mobile subscriptions 6 billion World 4 billion 2 billion United States 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011Tuesday, 20 November 12

+192.5% since 2010 The growth is in Asia. Within 2 years, the mobile trafﬁc has incre ase almost 200% in Asia.Tuesday, 20 November 12

The population of GermanyTuesday, 20 November 12

The number of people with mobile internet in Japan US or the West is NOT the ultimate destination in the evolution process. What shape the evolution niche is culture.Tuesday, 20 November 12

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Language is The ﬁrst a spect to culture language.Tuesday, 20 November 12

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It’s deﬁnitely the case in the digital world (from left to right) - for Mandarin, Japanese as well as Korean.Tuesday, 20 November 12

Chinese use Pinyin to enter Chinese character, using the same keyboard as in the West. E.g. Shou Ji (手机) - mobile phone in MandarinTuesday, 20 November 12

Or by using built-in writing recognition on smartphones or touchscreen devices.Tuesday, 20 November 12

Handphone: haen deu pon b j d g s yo yeo ya ae e m n - r h o eo a i e Korean Hangu l writing - has th k t ch p yu u eu nu mbers of keys on same layo ut an d e the keyboard as we have in th West.Tuesday, 20 November 12

Handphone: haen deu pon h ae 핸 n b j d g s yo yeo ya ae e m n - r h o eo a i First character - haen s H + ae + n : All three letter k t ch p yu u eu r. co mbine d into one characteTuesday, 20 November 12

Handphone: haen deu pon 헨 드 d 드 eu b j d g s yo yeo ya ae e m n - r h o eo a i eu Secon d character - d to k t ch p yu u eu d + eu : Two letters co mbine d in one character.Tuesday, 20 November 12

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it With different writing systems, e seems cu mber so me to type. Th tem truth is, the K orean writing sys n dly. Yo u can type is ver y dig ital-frie . faster than in EnglishTuesday, 20 November 12

Don’t m ake assu mptions. in If yo u’re to design for users to differe nt co untries, get ge un derstan d how their langua works.Tuesday, 20 November 12

#1 English #2 German #1 English #2 German #1 English #2 Russian #1 Japanese UK Germany #2 English Russia #1 English #1 Chinese Japan #2 Italian #2 English France Italy China #1 Korean #1 English #2 English #2 French on the Apple App Korea ch Distimo did a resear o ut an d iPa d, ﬁn ding Store for iPhone by whether loc alisation of apps ue. #1 English languages c an increase reven #2 German re apan an d Korea a Australia Users in China, J ir ps that support the keen to pay for ap language. es. ro v ide local languag I t’s important to pTuesday, 20 November 12

Translating pa rt of the content on yo ur webs ite is go ing to do All more da mage than go o d. Its harder fo r users to sw itch between one language to is another. Mor e cognitive effort nee de d. r Translate all of yo ur content o o is better not to d or so metimes it it at all until yo u’re sure yo u can translate all. NothingTuesday, 20 November 12

“Language is used to convey our thoughts, but doesn’t necessarily shape them” Steven Pinker s. tw o different thing Language an d tho ughts are arc h an d buy a pro d uct ere nt co untries rese How users in diff hey lo ok for is differe nt. is similar. Cont ent an d details t A an d the conten t is t, I mo del is the tho ugh Task an d mental the language.Tuesday, 20 November 12

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Infrastructure Another as pect to culture is infrastructure.Tuesday, 20 November 12

3G South Korea and Japan are two Asian countries that are one of the early adopters of 3G. Of all mobile connection in Korea, 93% are 3G.Tuesday, 20 November 12

2G The majority of the Chinese mobile users are still accessing the Internet via 2G.Tuesday, 20 November 12

2G Hong Kong Unlimited plan Hong Kong (part of China) - more than half of the HK people have unlimited 3G data access. 3G, 4G It’s estimated that it will only take a year for 4G to surpass 3G in HK.Tuesday, 20 November 12

Types of phones be d in the West w ill W hat are being use in w hat is being use d a lot different fro m wo rld. It’s not just other part of the . iPhone, Samsung , HTC, BB or NokiaTuesday, 20 November 12

But also t he local bran ds...Tuesday, 20 November 12

GooPad mini Only an d clone versions. $99 Every inch a GooPad mini A n d also the co py s use d on these device Yo ur apps w ill be ee or get to hold in t hat yo u’ll never s yo ur han d.Tuesday, 20 November 12

old e fo ur sim phone to h I n In dia, users us it’s rn etworks because f o ur sims w ith fo u me one on the same c heaper to call so he call so meone on t network than to d ifferent network.Tuesday, 20 November 12

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h Kitayama did a stu dy in 2003 w it a gro up of Nort h Americans an d Japanese. His stu dy showe d that Americans d pay more atten tion to details an Asians pay more attention to context. t Its important to pro vide conten that are releva nt to yo ur local users on yo ur website or apps. e Small details li ke this co uld mak a big difference. Shinobu KitayamaTuesday, 20 November 12

By using fmR I, neuroscientists of fo un d t hat: Asians think d themselves a s deeply connecte ns to othe r peo ple; America of a dhere to a strong sense in dividuality. nal This makes r eviews an d perso reco m men dations much more the important in the East than in West.Tuesday, 20 November 12

Microblogging = More trustworthy r mal authority mainly due Chine se are skeptical of fo trict control of Internet to the go vernments s re towards infor mal e mo acces s. This means they ar n. so urces of infor matio g elieve bran ds that microblo The majority of Chinese b mor e than 4 times of US are m ore trustworthy. It’s internet users.Tuesday, 20 November 12

Mobile apps in China f all n cerns abo ut the go o d o A collectivist society co the peo ple. stan t messag ing (IM ) apps The y spen d more time on in chat w ith their family, for gro up chat or au dio or ss contacts than calling frien ds an d even busine text messag ing.Tuesday, 20 November 12

Kakao Talk WeChat Th ere are a nu mber of IM ap ps available in Asia an d all of them have reache d se veral millions of users in just a co uple of years. LineTuesday, 20 November 12

Language Social norms CULTURE Mobile Infrastructure behaviours co uld affect the All aspects which way mobile is being use d in a relate d an d they co untr y are inter r. constantly in ﬂuence each otheTuesday, 20 November 12

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f 1. Remember the importance o the un derstan din g the culture of o. market that yo u’re getting int iety yo urself or 2. Go see the soc o them, research bring yo ur apps t an d test it o ut. nd If yo u don’t want to die o ut a s beco me one of t he extinct specie in the evolu tion, yo u nee d to iches where yo u un derstan d the n can su r vive. Go o d luck. http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/alessiomesiano/6227234098/sizes/l/in/photostream/Tuesday, 20 November 12

Thank you Chui Chui Tan chuichui.tan@cxpartners.co.uk @ChuiSquaredTuesday, 20 November 12