Koreans Change Mobile Phones Every 19 Months

Koreans use a mobile phone for one year and seven months on average, according to a study by the Korea Information Society Development Institute on Wednesday.

The institute polled 4,381 households last year.

According to a similar survey in 2013, Koreans used their mobile phones for one year and five months, so they are becoming marginally more frugal.

Samsung phones accounted for a 71.5-percent market share, followed by LG (18.5 percent), Pantech (5.5 percent) and Apple (3.6 percent). 

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