Most have bought via mobile, but still prefer the desktop
Though computers are still the most preferred devices for online shopping activities, according to September 2013 research from ChoiceStream, more than half of internet users have browsed—and bought—at least something via mobile.
The survey of internet users in the US found that 87.3% liked using their computer for online shopping best, with just 7.4% choosing tablets and 5.3% choosing smartphones. And researching products on computers was done by nearly nine out of 10. Still, more than half had researched or booked at some point via mobile.
The most common category for mobile research was restaurants, though even there, respondents were some 20 percentage points more likely to have done so via computers. For travel products, the second-most-common mobile research category, internet users were more than twice as likely to use computers.
