Cell phones used to be a privilege
When they first appeared, the ancestors of smartphones were quite pricey – the very first one cost $3,995, so you had to be rich to get it. Also, they were very heavy and large; you had to have a very large and durable pocket to fit a two pound (almost one kilogram) cell phone that was the size of a brick.
Are you worried about your identity?
Statistics show that the number one concern people have after losing their smartphone is that someone will steal their identity. When using banking services on your smartphone, a lot of very important information is stored in these little gadgets, so it’s definitely a possibility. That is why over seventy percent of smartphone users refuse to manage their bank accounts via their smartphone.
Your age determines your smartphone usage
If you’re anywhere between eighteen and twenty eight, you’re probably setting up all your social meetings using your smartphone – at least, that’s what the statistics say. Also, your smartphone is probably your finest tool when it comes to settling an argument by looking up some info – over 60 percent of people this age will do the same.
The UK is crazy about their smartphones
Amazingly, there’s over 43 million smartphone users in the UK alone. Over twenty percent of them openly admit they are highly addicted to their phone, so speed, data usage and mobile network reliability are quite important to them. A fun thing is that they answer their phone whenever it rings, and they don’t have any issues with answering it while in the bathroom.
How much do you text?
The first text ever was sent in December 1992 by a 22-year old engineer named Nail Papworth and its contents were “Happy Christmas.” So actually, texts have been a part of our social life for over two decades and since then, we came up with a texting language used worldwide. Did you know that OMG was used by a British Navy Admiral, John Fisher? “I hear that a new order of Knighthood is on the taps – O.M.G. (Oh! My God) – Shower it on the Admiralty!”
It’s a matter of life and smartphones!
Over sixty percent of iPhone users say that they would rather die than give up their precious phone. These statistics get even weirder – forty percent of them would give up coffee first, and eighteen percent would prefer to stop bathing every day. Makes you wonder, right? You can’t spell smartphone without smart According to a study conducted by StudyBlue, smartphones are really helpful when it comes to achieving academic success. First of all, you can study while you’re on the go without having to carry a bunch of books with you. Their study also showed that people who own smartphones and use them for studying are getting more sleep because they are generally pulling less all-nighters, and they usually study after 6 a.m.
Let’s talk apps
Games are currently the most popular category of smartphone apps – sixty four percent of smartphone users play games on a daily basis and statistics show that people spend about eight hours a month on smartphone gaming, during which they spend most of the time in bed. The second place category is weather apps, and – believe it or not – social apps come third. After these three, smartphone users are also fond of maps, music and news apps.
How about making purchases via smartphone?
According to the state of things, the future is all about smartphones – even regular shopping is becoming a thing of the past. Google was the first one to go mobile-friendly in 2010, which was obviously a great business decision. Did you know that eBay sells an item every two seconds via a smartphone? You should also be aware of the fact that not only small and semi-cheap items are sold this way – an average of four Ferraris are sold each month.
Obviously, having one smartphone isn’t enough anymore
An amazing number of 55,000,000 people carry two phones with them. In most cases, one is a business phone that has a platform that’s not satisfying enough so there’s a need for another one. Ninety percent of people who own two smartphones use them simultaneously – using multiple screens opens more room for multitasking. The smartphone industry is constantly growing and these devices are getting smarter and smarter. It’s quite curious that something that small means a world to us – in a weird way, it reflects our lives. There’s another thing you may find interesting – Nikola Tesla predicted the modern age and he had a great picture of how the future of communication will look like: “When wireless is perfectly applied, the entire planet will be converted into a huge brain, which in fact it is, all things being particles of a real and rhythmic whole. We shall be able to communicate with one another instantly, irrespective of distance. Not only this, but through television and telephony, we shall see and hear one another as perfectly as though we were face to face, despite intervening distances of thousands of miles; and the instruments through which we shall be able to do his will be amazingly simple, compared with our present telephone. A man will be able to carry one in his vest pocket.”
