More than half the online consumers in Seoul used mobile phones to shop in 2015, according to a poll on Monday.

Government data showed that 66.7 percent of online consumers said they used smartphones for shopping. The figure reflects a 20-percentage point jump from the previous year. 


The data was based on a survey conducted by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning on people aged 12 or older in 2,973 households in Seoul.

Last year, 46.4 percent of people used mobile devices including phones for shopping, increasing from 28.9 and 35.5 percent in 2012 and 2013, respectively.

Meanwhile, the number of people using desktop computers for shopping steadily fell from 86.7 percent in 2012 to 80.3 percent last year.

(khnews@heraldcorp.com)