The survey also revealed the following with regards to mobile business users:

• They prefer top handset brands, like Nokia and Motorola, and, to a lesser extent, Sony Ericsson and Samsung.
  
  
• They are open to new handset features, but these and related services must offer real benefits, such as wireless e-mail; embedded cameras, for instance, are not highly desired.
  
  
• On price, they would pay more for certain features, but only at a modest level; the majority expect to pay $150 or less for their next cell phones.
  

This Market Alert is drawn from the In-Stat/MDR report, "Mobile Device Strategies: Business User Preferences for Converging Devices", which explores how business users rated their willingness to spend more for new features on their next phones.

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