If you've ever even tried calling a place to get "store hours" for example... LOL... Sometimes it's a nightmare to find out. But, it's easy enough to just go to a website on the iPhone and get the information in short order.... thus, a saved call and a lot of aggravation from that call... :-)
A blurb about iPhone usage...
Yep, it is true. I have used iPhones since day-one, and it is like having my computer with me where ever I go....
Was this a Government study?
What a shock! If your phone can do more things, you will use these things.
I guess Captain Obvious just got an iPhone.
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First, the use of the word "cause". Does the iPhone beam mind control rays directly into the brain of users "causing" them to talk less? Or, just perhaps, is it a self selecting sample where people who want to go to the internet and play games are more likely to buy an iPhone than just a generic cell phone? Thus the user's desire to access the web is the cause and the purchase of the iPhone is the effect.
Second "iPhone users talk on their phones about 45% of the time they use it versus 70% for cell phone users" does not mean they are talking less. It means that a lower percentage of their usage is for voice. They could be talking more minutes and accessing the internet a LOT more, thus having a lower percentage of talk usage. If you get a phone with a long antenna shaped like a back scratcher and spend 0.1% of your time scratching your back, does that mean you are talking less or just using part of your total time for scratching?
One thing that annoys me, its when people use their iPhones (or other large screened smartphones, but 90% of the time its an iPhone) at the movies, during the movie. Those things can light up rather brightly, and ruin the movie experience.
The least thing I use my iPhone for is... phoning.
With a very useable internet browser, email, directories for just about everything, games, music, radio, maps, gps, compass, level, musical instruments, chat, youtube, camera, etc, etc, it’s an electronic swiss knife on steroids.
I love my iPhone and I am “technically challenged.” It’s a great tool for lightening your purse too!
I now carry with me (in my phone): electronic books, a language translator, webMD, a graphing calculator, a level, a compass, the entire Bible, an ambient sound relaxation app, restaurant and food information, a map of the stars and planets, a complete list of AAA discounts, games, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the complete works of Shakespeare.
That’s in addition to several hundred songs, a few movies, and tons of photos of my family, of course!
iPhone users spend 12% of their usage time sending emails, 10% playing music, 8% playing games, and 9% surfing the Internet. Regular cell phone users spend 4% of their usage time sending emails, 2% playing music, 3% playing games, and 3% surfing the Internet.
Notice that the only significant usage change with the IPhone is centered around the functions that are easier to use on the IPhone via the touch screen, and the ability to customize all functions via 3rd party apps.
IPHONE: 60 minutes per day
45% talk - 27 minutes talking
15% text - 09 minutes texting
40% else - 24 minutes using all other apps (see below)
-- breakdown of "40% else"
12% mail - 7.2 minutes using email
10% music- 06 minutes playing MP3s
09% inet - 5.4 minutes surfing the internet
08% game - 4.8 minutes playing cell-based games
01% unkn - 0.6 minutes doing unknown thingsCELLPHONE: 40 minutes per day
70% talk - 28 minutes talking
15% text - 06 minutes texting
15% else - 6 minutes using all other apps
-- breakdown of "15% else"
04% mail - 1.6 minutes using email
02% music- 0.8 minutes playing MP3s
03% inet - 1.2 minutes surfing the internet
03% game - 1.2 minutes playing cell-based games
03% unkn - 1.2 minutes doing unknown things
Couldln’t agree with you more!
I’ve got a Samsung Blackjack II, which I like well enough, but I think I’ll move up to the iPhone in a few months.
I’m with AT&T and I’ve got that rollover plan. 300 mins a month. What I didn’t realize, was that there was a cap on them, you can only carry over 3,600 minutes (12 months). I found that out in 13 months. I just never talk on the phone.
Internet, text, e mail. I’d just much rather communicate that way.
The reason for this is AT&T’s crappy service. Half of my calls get dropped. Put iPhone’s on Verizon’s service and I’d talk on the phone twice as much.
My question is, how do they know these details? They must be spying on iPhone users.