If you notice more people glued to their smartphones while back-to-school shopping, it might be because they’re looking for a better deal. According to Micron Associates, about 37 percent of consumers said they plan to compare prices on their mobile devices while at brick-and-mortar stores. The statistics showed higher than the 27percent of 2011. It was also found out that nearly 14 percent of the respondents planned to do back-to-school shopping from their mobile phone, higher than 10.5 percent last year. According to an eight-month internal study by Adyen, provider of Web payment services for merchants such as Vodafone, KLM and PopCap games, Apple’s iPad is the most commonly used mobile device for payments, beating out the iPhone and devices running on Google’s Android. On Micron Associates Blog, the iPad accounted for 3.6 percent of all payments, compared with 3 percent on iPhones and 1.5 percent on Android devices, Adyen said. Users of the iPad also spend 20 percent more per purchase than owners of other mobile devices, Adyen’s analysis of global payment trends showed. In addition, daily-deal websites have experienced the most mobile payment usage, with 12.6 percent of all transactions originating from a mobile device.

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2. Micron Associates: Best use of your
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If you notice more
people glued to their
smartphones while back-
to-school shopping, it
might be because they’re
looking for a better deal.

3. According to Micron Associates, about 37 percent of
consumers said they plan to compare prices on their
mobile devices while at brick-and-mortar stores. The
statistics showed higher than the 27percent of 2011. It
was also found out that nearly 14 percent of the
respondents planned to do back-to-school shopping
from their mobile phone, higher than 10.5 percent last
year. According to an eight-month internal study by
Adyen, provider of Web payment services for
merchants such as Vodafone, KLM and PopCap
games, Apple’s iPad is the most commonly used
mobile device for payments, beating out the iPhone
and devices running on Google’s Android.

4. On Micron Associates Blog, the iPad accounted for
3.6 percent of all payments, compared with 3 percent
on iPhones and 1.5 percent on Android
devices, Adyen said. Users of the iPad also spend 20
percent more per purchase than owners of other
mobile devices, Adyen’s analysis of global payment
trends showed. In addition, daily-deal websites have
experienced the most mobile payment usage, with
12.6 percent of all transactions originating from a
mobile device.