Orange iPhone dissatisfaction

YouGov
October 27, 2010, 10:01 PM GMT+0


15% of Orange iPhone users are planning to move to a different network (defined within the industry as ‘churn’), research released from YouGov’s iPhone iTrack study reveals. The network does not fare well in the online study of 1,880 iPhone owners in comparison to other UK mobile phone networks.


Reasons why Orange iPhone users want to churn:

  • 60% believe that they could get better network coverage elsewhere
  • 58% say that they are disappointed with Orange’s network
  • 46% say that they can get a better connection elsewhere
  • 39% say they can get a more reliable service elsewhere
  • 29% say Orange is expensive

‘Churn rate’

‘Churn’ or ‘Churn rate’ is a term used to measure the proportion of customers who switch network providers once their contract ends. Potential churn rate serves as an excellent indicator to levels of customer satisfaction, brand loyalty and the overall quality of services provided by a mobile phone network.

The latest findings indicate Orange needs to do more to raise customer satisfaction and gain brand loyalty with iPhone users. Orange iPhone customers rate the operator lowest on 10 out of 14 satisfaction criteria*.

Operators of choice

While Orange could see some benefits from the new 'Everything Everywhere’ company structure, T-Mobile doesn’t fare much better in the iPhone iTrack study, being worst for two measures of quality and furthermore, having the lowest recommendation rating out of all operators.

In contrast, Vodafone came out as the operator of choice amongst all churners, with just under a quarter (22%) of all potential churners planning on switching to the network. Vodafone and 3 has the lowest churn rate.

*(split by voice and data)

Click here for full tables from the iPhone iTrack study

Russell Feldman, Associate Director, Technology & Telecoms Consulting

T: +44(0)20 7012 6000

E: russell.feldman@yougov.com