By Rob Waugh
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Galaxy S3 smartphone: Mobile phones started life as machines built for talking - but actually making calls is now one of their least popular functions
Mobile phones started life as machines built for talking - but actually making calls is now one of their least popular functions.
Smartphone owners now spend just 12 minutes talking on their phones a day - but spend two hours using the gizmos.
Texting - formerly one of the reasons people became addicted to phones - is now less popular, with users spending just 10 minutes sending messages.
In terms of time spent, British users spend more time surfing the internet, checking social networking sites, playing games and listening to music.
The study of 2,000 smart phone users marking the launch of the Samsung found we spend almost 25 minutes a day surfing the internet.
Mobile phone users also spend a further 17 minutes checking and updating social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
In comparison, just 12 minutes is spent actually talking to someone on a phone call, while sending text messages account s for only ten minutes of use a day.
David Johnson, General Manager Devices for O2 in the UK, which commissioned the research, said: ‘Smartphones are now being used like a digital ‘Swiss Army Knife’, replacing possessions like watches, cameras, books and even laptops.
IF PEOPLE AREN'T MAKING CALLS, WHAT ARE THEY DOING ON THEIR PHONES? HOW WE SPEND OUR TIME
1.Browsing the internet
24.49 minutes
2. Checking social networking sitesÂ
17.29 minutes
3. Playing games
14.26 minutes
4. Listening to music
15.38 minutes
5. Making callsÂ
12.08 minutes
6. Emails 11.06 minutes
7. Text messaging
10.12 minutes
8. Watching TV/films
9.23 minutes
9. Reading books
9.18 minutes
10.Taking photographs
3.25 minutes
‘While we’re seeing no let-up in the number of calls customers make or the amount of time they spend speaking on their phones, their phone now plays a far greater role in all aspects of their lives.
‘Smart technology has improved in dramatically with the camera, diary, email and social media hardware and apps where design attention has been lavished.
‘Now that it’s so easy to use, there’s no surprise that consumers are switching to phones for these functions.’
Researchers also found for many the smartphone is replacing other possessions including alarm clocks, watches, cameras, diaries and even laptops and TVs as they become more intuitive and easier to use for things ‘beyond calls’.
More than half - 54% - now use their phones in place of an alarm clock, while 46 per cent have dispensed with a watch in favour of their smart phone.
39% per cent have switched to use their phone instead of a separate camera and more than a quarter even use their phone in place of a laptop.
One in ten have even replaced their games console with their phone, while six per cent use it as a TV.
Another six per cent have stopped reading books in favour of viewing the text on their phones.
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I saw a girl "reading" a book on her iphone the other day, most awkward thing ever. The sun was glaring and she was constantly adjusting the angle - and flicking the screen every few seconds because it could only show a few lines.
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So many people are against social network sites. Sure there are bad things. But there are a lot of lonely people out there and it haves them a social life. It's unfortunately spoilt by idiots telling you there having a glass of wine or they're having a bad day! Who cares? I use them to take the mick out of mates.
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I'm 50 and would put it in 7th place! ita about social networking... all 7 places achieve that but voice is way down the list... incidentally... as is siri... who talks to their phone lol
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The Illuminati specifically design these devices so that people foolishly spend all their time on them revealing everything about themselves , what the had for breakfast, their movements, and very soon what your spending.
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This doesn't surprise me, more people are communicating without actually speaking to each other. I think most of the time its down to avaoiding emtional confrontation, how many arguments have you heard being sparked on facebook or through texting.
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Rubish, might apply to the younger generation, but I just use mine as an emergency phone. I find the buttons a bit small, but my 10 year old, pay as you go, Nokia still works OK and, of the £20 air time I put on it last August, I still have £7 credit left. - Charlie, Portsmouth, 29/6/2012 19:05 If it's 10-years old, it's not a smartphone.
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Rubish, might apply to the younger generation, but I just use mine as an emergency phone. I find the buttons a bit small, but my 10 year old, pay as you go, Nokia still works OK and, of the £20 air time I put on it last August, I still have £7 credit left.
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My phone to me these days is 'wow, all my music on it, no more stacks of CDs in the car, I can watch Sky TV in me dinner hour at work, AND I can make calls on it'. Not newsworthy though, I'm sure
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The ironic thing is that the shape of them now doesn't make them that tactile for making calls
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