Apple is one of the most influential and recognisable brands in the world, responsible for the rise of the smartphone with the iPhone. Valued at over $2 trillion in 2021, it is also the most valuable...

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This synthetic but realistic dataset contains 90+ customer reviews for 6 smartphone models (from Apple, Samsung, and Google), along with: - Product specifications (Price, Screen Size, Battery, Camera, RAM, Storage, 5G, Water Resistance) - Customer reviews (Star Ratings, Review Text, Verified Purchase Status) - Sales data (Units Sold per Model)

Potential Use Cases: ✅ Feature importance analysis (Which specs drive ratings?) ✅ Sentiment analysis (NLP on reviews) ✅ Pricing strategy optimization ✅ Market research (Comparing Apple vs. Samsung vs. Google)

Smartphone Customer Satisfaction Survey

Objective: Understand how product features influence purchasing decisions and satisfaction.

Section 1: Demographic & Purchase Behavior

1. Which smartphone brand did you purchase?

   • ☐ Apple
   • ☐ Samsung
   • ☐ Google
   • Maps to brand column.

2. Which model did you purchase?

   • Apple: ☐ iPhone 14 | ☐ iPhone 15
   • Samsung: ☐ Galaxy S22 | ☐ Galaxy S23
   • Google: ☐ Pixel 7 | ☐ Pixel 8
   • Maps to model_name column.

3. Where did you purchase the phone?

   • ☐ Online (e.g., Amazon, Brand Website)
   • ☐ Physical Store
   • Justifies verified_purchase (assumed online = verified).

Section 2: Product Feature Ratings

1. How would you rate the following features? (1 = Poor, 5 = Excellent)

   • Battery Life: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
   • Camera Quality: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
   • Screen Size: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
   • Performance (RAM/Processor): ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
   • Aggregates into star_rating (average of these).

2. Which feature is MOST important to you?

   • ☐ Battery Life
   • ☐ Camera Quality
   • ☐ Screen Size
   • ☐ Performance
   • ☐ Price
   • Explains review_text keywords (e.g., "battery" mentions).

Section 3: Price & Satisfaction

1. How do you feel about the price of your phone?

   • ☐ Very Affordable
   • ☐ Fairly Priced
   • ☐ Slightly Expensive
   • ☐ Too Expensive
   • Maps to price vs. star_rating correlation.

2. Would you recommend this phone to others?

   • ☐ Definitely Yes
   • ☐ Probably Yes
   • ☐ Neutral
   • ☐ Probably No
   • ☐ Definitely No
   • Linked to star_rating (5 = Definitely Yes).

Column Details (Metadata)

Column Name (Type) Description "Example"**

model_id (Integer) Unique ID for each phone model 1 (iPhone 14)

brand (String) Manufacturer (Apple, Samsung, Google) "Apple"

model_name (String) Name of the phone model "iPhone 15"

price (Integer) Price in USD 999

screen_size (Float) Screen size in inches 6.1

battery (Integer) Battery capacity in mAh 4000

camera_main (String) Main camera resolution (MP) "48MP"

ram (Integer) RAM in GB 8

storage (Integer) Storage in GB 128

has_5g (Boolean) Whether the phone supports 5G TRUE

water_resistant (String) Water resistance rating (IP68 or None) "IP68"

units_sold (Integer) Estimated units sold (for market analysis) 15000

review_id (Integer) Unique ID for each review 1

user_name (String) Randomly generated reviewer name "John"

star_rating (Integer) Rating from 1 (worst) to 5 (best) 5

verified_purchase (Boolean) Whether the reviewer bought the product TRUE

review_date (Date) Date of the review (YYYY-MM-DD) "2023-05-10"

review_text (String) Simulated review text based on features & rating "The 48MP camera is amazing!"

Suggested Analysis Ideas to inspire data analysis: A. Feature Impact on Ratings Regression: star_rating ~ battery + camera_main + price Key drivers: Does battery life affect ratings more than camera quality?

B. Sentiment Analysis (NLP) Use tidytext (R) or NLTK (Python) to extract most-loved/hated features. Example: r library(tidytext) reviews_tidy <- final_data %>% unnest_tokens(word, review_text)
reviews_tidy %>% count(word, sort = TRUE) %>% filter(n > 5)

C. Brand Comparison Apple vs. Samsung vs. Google: Which brand has higher average ratings? Price sensitivity: Do cheaper phones (e.g., Pixel) get better value ratings?

D. Sales vs. Features Correlation: units_sold ~ price + brand Premium segment analysis: Do iPhones sell more despite higher prices?

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