Abstract :
Telecommunications industry competition is getting tougher, especially
smartphones. It also occurs in the smartphone industry in Indonesia. Based on the
data, the growth of smartphones in Indonesia is projected to continue to rise until
2014. But this is contrary to the growth of BlackBerry in Indonesia based on the
data will continue to decline until 2014. This is a signal that there is an indication
consumers make brand switching to another brand of smartphone.
This research uses quantitative method. Data were collected by questionnaire. The
respondents in this research are 100 people of former Blackberry smartphone
users in Jakarta region. Three hypotheses are formulated and tested using Path
Analysis.
The result of this research indicates that independent variable, consumer
dissatisfaction that significant influence brand switching on Blackberry
smartphone in Jakarta region, either directly or through variety seeking.
Keywords: Consumer Dissatisfaction, Variety Seeking, Brand Switching