This document presents information about global internet, smartphone, and social media usage. It discusses how messenger apps have become a dominant form of mobile communication and the ongoing language barrier problems. It then introduces the idea of a new messenger app called Babylon that would use AI translation capabilities to allow users to communicate across languages.
2. QUICK STATISTICS
35%
26%
93%
52% 48%7 095 476 818
EARTH POPULATION
LIVE IN A CITY
HAVE INTERNET
HAVE SOCIAL NETWORK
HAVE MOBILE CARRIER
LIVE IN A VILLAGE
INTERNET USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL NETWORK USERS
SMARTPHONE USERS
2 484 915 152
1 856 680 860
6 572 950 124
MAR2015
/ SOURCE: GLOBALWEBINDEX
5. MOST REGIONS ALREADY HAVE A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF SMARTPHONE
TECHNOLOGY USAGE
151%
CENTRAL
& EA STERN
EUROPE
WESTERN
EUROPE
90%
CENTRAL
ASIA
92%
109%
EAST
ASIA
SOUTHEAST
ASIA
72%
SOUTH
ASIA
124%
SOUTH
AMERICA
89%
101%
CENTRAL
AMERICA
NORTH
AMERICA
112%
129%
MIDDLE
EAST
67%
AFRICA
94%
OCEANIA
6. IN 2013 1.5 BILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE WERE ACCESSING MOBILE INTERNET
127M
CENTRAL
& EASTERN
EUROPE
WESTERN
EUROPE
18M
CENTRAL
ASIA
444M
112M
EAST
ASIA
SOUTHEAST
ASIA
61M
SOUTH
ASIA
93M
SOUTH
AMERICA
15M
252M
CENTRAL
AMERICA
NORTH
AMERICA
37M
228M
MIDDLE
EAST
83M
AFRICA
24M
OCEANIA
7. SOCIAL NETWORK APPEARANCE
33%
CENTRAL
& EASTERN
EUROPE
WESTERN
EUROPE
5%
CENTRAL
ASIA
43%
26%
EAST
ASIA
SOUTHEAST
ASIA
7%
SOUTH
ASIA
44%
SOUTH
AMERICA
34%
56%
CENTRAL
AMERICA
NORTH
AMERICA
24%
44%
MIDDLE
EAST
7%
AFRICA
44%
OCEANIA
9. MESSENGER APPS ARE WINNING
THE BATTLE OF MOBILE
COMMUNICATION
HOW OFTEN DO YOU COMMUNICATE
AT LEAST ONCE A DAY IN OVERALL
63%
SOCIAL MESSAGING VOICE CALLS SMS EMAIL
17%
6%
63% 33%
9%
40%
28%
7%
%42 %42
60%
75%73%
86%
%OFRESPONDENTS
12%
>10 TIMES PER DAY ONCE A DAY
USING A MESSENGER APP?
AVERAGE BASED ON 5 COUNTRIES
10. TRY TO REMEMBER ALL OF THE MESSENGER APPS
THAT YOU HAVE USED ON YOUR SMARTPHONE
TRY TO REMEMBER ALL OF THE MESSENGER APPS
THAT YOU HAVE USED ON YOUR SMARTPHONE
11. EVERY COUNTRY HAS ITS OWN
MESSENGER APP
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND
THE WORLD USE MESSENGER APPS
IT IS ONE OF THE MOST
PREVALENT WAYS TO COMMUNICATE
ARGENTINA
AUSTRALIA
BELGIUM
CHILE
FINLAND
ISRAEL
MEXICO
NORWAY
PHILIPPINES
RUSSIA
SPAIN
SWITZERLAND
TAIWAN
16. HOW DOES IT WORK ??
NO MATTER WHAT LANGUAGE
THE MESSAGE WAS SENT IN,
YOU WILL RECEIVE IT TRANSLATED
IN YOUR OWN LANGUAGE.
BY PRESSING ON THE MESSAGE
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO VIEW
THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE VERSION IT WAS SENT IN.
AT THE SAME TIME YOU CAN TRANSLATE MESSAGES IN OTHER LANGUAGES.
YOU CAN TURN OFF AUTO TRANSLATE FUNCTION AT ANY TIME.
17. MAIN AUDIENCE
WE USE SMARTPHONES AND
MESSENGER APPS.
WE ARE EARLY ADOPTERS
TO NEW TECHNOLOGY.
WE KNOW FOREIGN LANGUAGE
OR WE WANT TO STUDY IT,
BUT WE DONT PUT ENOUGH
EFFORT INTO THIS.
AND WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT.
HIDDEN EMOTIONS AND MOTIVATION DRIVES
US TO USE DIFFERENT MESSENGER APPS.
18. WHY BABYLON?
I HAVE A LOT OF PARTNERS,
COWORKERS AND FRIENDS IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES
I WANT TO TRAVEL WITH CONFIDENCE
I CAN CONVERSATE VERBALLY
BUT CAN NOT ARTICULATE MY WORDS IN WRITING
I WANT TO MAKE NEW FOREIGN FRIENDS
I STUDY FOREIGN LANGUAGES
19. WHEN AND WHERE YOU
USE FOREIGN LANGUAGE
BABYLON HELPS PEOPLE IN EACH OF THE SITUATIONS
20. HOW DOES THE
COMMUNICATION
PROCESS WORK TODAY?
HOW DOES THE
COMMUNICATION
PROCESS WORK TODAY?
WHATSAPP IS THE LEADER
IN SOCIAL MESSENGER APPS
WHAT DID YOU USE LAST WEEK?
WhatsApp
44%
35%
28%
19% 17% 16%
Facebook
Messenger
WeChat Twitter BBM Skype
23. AUDIENCE GROWTH
BABYLON CHAT ELIMINATES LANGUAGE
BARRIERS AND ALLOWS PEOPLE
TO COMMUNICATE WORLDWIDE MORE EFFICIENTLY.
MEET NEW FRIENDS ANYWHERE,
ANYTIME AND COMMUNICATE ON THE SAME LEVEL.
31. STICKERS
40% OF SMARTPHONE USERS
USE STICKERS
ARE YOU USING STICKERS OR EMOJIS?
EVERY DAY NEVER USED AT LEAST ONCE
74%USED AT LEAST ONCE
US BRAZIL INDONEZIA SOUTH AFRICA CHINA
54%
84%
69%
82%
35%
18%
24%
37%
46%
13%
38%
18%
43%
13%