[ti:Indonesian Smartphone Usage Surges but Still Lags]
[ar:Jonathan Evans]
[al:Technology Report]
[by:www.21voa.com]
[00:00.00]From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report.
[00:05.46]A new study finds Indonesians 
[00:13.28]are increasingly exchanging their older mobile phones for smartphone, 
[00:19.72]a device that combines a phone and a computer. 
[00:23.54]The Nielsen Survey company talked to 1,900 people last year 
[00:30.81]in some of Indonesia's largest cities, 
[00:34.02]including Medan, Bandung, Surabaya, and Makasar.
[00:40.19]Anil Anthony is the Consumer Insight executive director 
[00:46.37]of Nielsen Indonesia. He says 
[00:49.86]the survey shows smartphone ownership has increased by 5 percent 
[00:55.45]in the country since 2012. 
[00:57.59]He says about one quarter of Indonesians use a smartphone. 
[01:02.80]But he says that is very low compare to smartphone use 
[01:08.58]in other developing countries in Asia, 
[01:11.88]however he says it is more than both India and the Philippines.
[01:18.36]Uday Rayana is a communications observer in the capital, Jakarta. 
[01:25.89]He says smartphone use has become part of the daily life of many Indonesians. 
[01:33.44]But he questions whether social media activities 
[01:37.98]using the devices is a good use of time.
[01:41.47]Karania is a human resources worker. 
[01:46.56]Like many Indonesians, she uses only one name. 
[01:51.79]She told VOA that her smartphone has helped her in her job. 
[01:58.17]She says she uses her smartphone both as a telephone 
[02:03.00]and as a way to get on the Internet. 
[02:05.95]She says she spends a lot of time using her smartphone.
[02:11.04]Eggi lives near Jakarta. He operates an online food business. 
[02:18.09]He uses his smartphone mostly for business. 
[02:22.02]He says it lets him communicate with his customers.
[02:26.90]The Nielsen Study found that 
[02:30.96]the average Indonesian smartphone users 
[02:33.51]spends more than two hours a day on their phones. 
[02:37.30]The study showed users talk, 
[02:40.58]go on the Internet or use apps or applications.
[02:45.24]The study found women spend more time talking on their phones than men. 
[02:51.01]It says people between the ages of 25 and 30 
[02:56.41]are the most active smartphone users. 
[02:59.85]And it found smartphone use 
[03:02.90]reaches its highest level after the workday is complete.
[03:07.42]A Nielson report last year 
[03:10.82]found that smartphone usage is very different 
[03:14.30]among countries in East Asia. 
[03:16.45]More than 80 percent of people in Singapore and Malaysia own smartphones. 
[03:22.68]But in the Philippines and India fewer than 20 percent do.
[03:28.43]And that's the VOA Learning English Technology Report. 
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[03:42.88]You can email comments to us at learningenglish@voanews.com. 
[03:50.70]I'm Jonathan Evans.