Enroll No.: 04721303912 Faculty Guide: Mr Sachin Sabharwal Concept: It was the project titled A Study of brand preference among delhi colleges was undertaken in order to find: Recent Status of brand preference among Delhi (India). The impacts of factor of mobile brand influence college students the most. Applications and Recommendations for future research.
Objectives of Study The Primary Objective was to study the perception & buying behavior of students towards various mobile brands. The Secondary Objectives of this study were to identify: To know about the student preference level associated with different mobile phones. To find out the students satisfaction towards the various mobile phones. Major features, which a customer looks for in a mobile before making a purchase. Factors that influence decision-making in purchasing a mobile phone. To know which advertisement media puts more impact on the buying decision of students.
Research Methodology Research Design: Descriptive and Inferential in nature. Data Type: The data has been gathered through Primary as well as through secondary sources. Sampling Technique: Simple Random and Convenient Sampling. Research Instrument: Questionnaire Sample size: 100 Sample location: Delhi Data analysis techniques: Percentage Method Data presentation technique: Tables, Pie Charts and Bar Diagrams.
Data Analysis There are 60 male and 40 female out of 100 respondents. The highest number of respondents were of Samsung i.e. 30 and lowest is of micromax i.e. 5. Nokia is a close competitor of Samsung. Maximum people use mobile from 1 to 2 years and very less people use phones for more than 4 years. 40 students are concerned with the screen size and 10 say that screen size is not important to them.30 students are concerned with the buttons and 20 say that buttons are not important to them. Similarly all the other categories are analysed. As per the study students have given moderate response over all the basic multimedia features of mobile phone which shows that they want to have combinations of all.
Research Findings Nokia and samsung are the most favorite brand of the college student. 55% of prefer to have smart phone. 40% students are using the mobile phones since last 1 to 2 years. 45% students are ready to pay for a mobile phone less than 10,000 and they spend according to their family income. Most of the students are concerned with touch screen and screen size. Mostly students use the mobile phones for talking, SMS and for using the GPRS function, social media. Mostly students have large size mobile phones. Most favorite brand among the college students is Samsung and the least favorite brand is Micromax. Appearance, Price, Brand Image and advertisement are the important factors for the students while purchasing mobile phones. Mostly students prefer slim, medium in weight and large in size handset
Recommendations Nokia should provide better service and features as it is getting very hard competition from Samsung. Cellular companies should increase the awareness about the new multimedia features. Companies should offer more range of Rs. 10,000 or less than 10,000. Micromax should work over the quality and awareness. All companies should increase their distribution channel. The companies should continue to work on the Strategy of T.Q.M (Total Quality Management)
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