A wide-ranging survey by Carphone Warehouse into the impact and use of mobile phones in our lives has uncovered a surprisingly large number of mad people.
It seems one-in-three people would not give up their mobile phones for £1 million, or more. Hell, I’d give up mine and a few others from unwilling passer-bys for that kind of dosh. Gee, a million quid for no more disturbances in the middle of the night from mashed mates? Gee, let me think…..bring on the lolly! Here’s some other findings:
Mobile Phone Habits
Number of mobiles: 14% of people have two or more mobile phones that they use regularly
Number of calls: On average people make 2.8 calls a day
Number of texts: On average people send 3.6 text messages a day
Phone replacement: 70% of people replaced their mobile phone within the last 18 months
PAYG vs contract: Of people who own their own mobile phones (as opposed to having
a company phone) 48% have PAYG and 52% have monthly contracts
Choosing a mobile: When choosing a mobile phone, the most important factor for people
phone is function ( 31%), price ( 29%) and style ( 16%)
The juicy stats though, on mobile etiquette, daily life, health and driving, are after the jump.-Martin Lynch
Society
Daily Life
92% of mobile phone owners cannot get through a typical day without using their phone
9% of 18-24 year olds – around 400,000 people – admit they are addicted to their phone, so they
no longer feel in control of how they use it
For people 18-24 years old, their mobile phone matters more to them than television
Most people aged 18-40 say mobile phones have improved their quality of life. However,
mobile phone-owners over 40 are evenly divided
People aged 18-29 tend to use their phones more to send and receive texts than to hold
conversations
Two out of five people have lost the use of their mobile phone at least once. The main reason
was that the phone was broken
Health
• Only 18% of people are strongly concerned about the health risks of living near a mobile
phone mast and only 6% of people strongly agree that they are concerned that using a
mobile phone too much could be harmful to their health
Etiquette
Most people turn their mobile phone off, or to silent when in a cinema or theatre – but not in
a restaurant, on holiday or at night
Three out of four people say that it is unreasonable to talk on a mobile phone at the
dinner table at home – but only 9% think it is unreasonable to use a mobile phone on a train
Driving
56% of mobile phone users say it is always unsafe for motorists to use a mobile phone
while driving
Yet 12% of all mobile phone users say they use a phone frequently while driving
Most of this group use a hands-free system, but 19% of them “rarely” or “never” use a
hands-free system – which means that up to 700,000 people routinely break the law on
the use of phones while driving
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£1000 - take it!!
I'll even go for less
Im in IT ye
Never owned one, never want to.
I can see the appeal top a certain extent, but to be honest the intrusion on my persdonal life would be too much. I rather like that I don't have to answer the phone unless
a: I'm at home, and
b: The person calling is someone I want to talk to.
Email is where most of my comms happen. Even there I have it set to not send those receipt things that say the mail has been opened, so people only know I've read it when I want them to.
this site sucks