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Identifying mobile phone design features critical to user satisfaction
Author(s) -
Han Sung H.,
Kim Kwang J.,
Yun Myung H.,
Hong Sang W.,
Kim Jongseo
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
human factors and ergonomics in manufacturing and service industries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.408
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1520-6564
pISSN - 1090-8471
DOI - 10.1002/hfm.10051
Subject(s) - critical design , mobile phone , computer science , variety (cybernetics) , hum , human–computer interaction , product design , product (mathematics) , multimedia , engineering , artificial intelligence , mathematics , telecommunications , mechanical engineering , art , geometry , performance art , art history
A variety of mobile phones are available to consumers. They differ from each other in many design features including shape, color, size, and material. This study attempts to identify some of the design features of a mobile phone critical to user satisfaction. Empirical models linking design features to satisfaction levels were developed and used to identify critical design features. Design properties common to “desirable” and “undesirable” phones were then extracted by comparing the values of the critical design features. The approach used in this study may help the product designers identify critical design features with their desirable properties in a systematic manner. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Hum Factors Man 14: 15–29, 2004.