Smart device and mobile market in Korea have been out-grown by enhanced fuctionality of
device, rapid evolution of mobile braodbad technology, and significantly over-saturated
consumer market’s smart response, so to speak, and eveolving use-habits of the customers.
This type of market and its market potenatil, if not overwhelming, equals to some degree of
smart devices’ product power, and is more likely inclined to customers’ emotional responses
to form the current market trend. This study is to identify psychological and emotional
elements that are relevant to the market responses after defining what elements constitute the
emotional factors, which are borrowed from many diversified and different field of studies
such as cognitive and emotion studies from many different fields. The results articulated the
following findings; First, former studies of psychological and emotional elements that have
been used for a variety of fields of studies may have a certain level of dificulties to apply the
ideas directly to this type of high-tech markets in a case of mobile and smart device industry.
In other words, some of the former studies still stand valid, while others do not.; Second,
previous findings from various field of studies’ classification, which already have achieved and
established their own classified emotional elements, may not be suitable to obtain direct
applications. (ex. The literature-based collected six categories versus four categories found in
this study)
In brief statements, emotional elements that are tied up with customers’ emotional responses
could be found from previous studies. However, the entire body of former research results
may need a proper modification to be fitting into this new type of market. Along with the
emotional elements picked up through this study, pre-established categorization from
previous studies, which is also rigor, also need a certain level of modification, has to
beinterchangable. This fidnings may help to enhance promotion strategy development and
launching creative strategies as well as marketing communication strategy development.