As
smartphones continue to extend their pocket-swelling domination of the mobile market, it should come as no surprise that people are less worried about talking and more concerned with doing
other stuff on their handsets than ever before. But, still, if you want some hard numbers to make you feel better about making such conclusions, the
Pew Research Center's 2010 Mobile Access survey has 'em. Compared to April of last year, 76% of people take pictures with their phones, up from 66%, and over a third play games, up from about a quarter. A third of people now play music on their phones, compared to 21% in 2009, but the biggest jump is in recording video: 34% vs. 19% before. Given the number of new movie-capturing phones released over the past year, it's easy to see why. So, no shocking numbers here, but sadly there's no indication of the one usage statistic we think might actually be falling: making calls.
posted July 8th 2010 8:31AM
the better the phone the more you want to use it
@ChairmanMeow
PEW PEW PEW!!
GOT YOU, NOW U GOTTA GET ME' CUZ UR IT NOW, N IF U DONT PLAY IM GONNA TELL MOM THAT U SPILLED THE SUGAR LAST TIME, REMEMBER?
@ChairmanMeow
making calls is soo before-june-24th's ..
@not that geeky Subtle. Nice.
It's the pew pewpewpew PEW center.
@uckApple
Pew Pew Pew. Tag.
@ChairmanMeow I hear pew polls really stink.
All this shows is that more people are doing more of the same stuff. I'm astounded.
@Pryomancer yea it seems alil inevitable to me.
Good news for left handed iPhone4 users. Calling is overrated.
*currently imagining spaceships flying through space shoot lasers, which are going "pew pew pew!"*
@Hafk
On a unrelated note to my already unrelated post...
It's 2010. Where the hell are laser guns that make the "pew pew pew" sound?
Also, general phone holdability is down.
Apple wants to point out that "making a phone call" does not appear on the chart.
I even take pictures *with* my phone...
Can we break out the "texting" category into:
--Sexting
--"Where U @"
--Domestic disputes
--Useful communication
@webrussell
33%
33%
33%
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I remember a couple or years ago, to have a smartphone was really rare and too expensive. Now it has become more of a standard
There is no way that more people take pictures than send or receive a text. I have spoken.
Duh?
Glad people get paid lots of money to tell us the obvious.
This is incredible, I never would have guessed
what about the percentage of people jailbreaking/rooting their phones? (:
This kind of research is so idiotic, I think. It's about as effective as reporting "More humans breathed more air this year than last year" simply because there are more humans to breathe more air this year than last year.
More people have phones this year than last year so obviously the numbers are going to be higher, even in the same categories.
This is one big "DUH!" kinda thing...
I mean really, don't they have something better to do research on? :)
@bbzGhost Actually, it's Edgadget's title and summary that's misleading, and the actual study is reporting in % of cell phone users. It's not "76% of people take pictures with their phones", but rather "76% of people with phones use it to take a pictures". A slight, but important, distinction. And the study used some 1900 18yo+ adults only, which may introduce it's own problems.
Why are people taking pictures of their phones
@jknochel76 Heh... because... umm... Facetime?
Thanks fixed it.
@TimStevens no problemo. Couldn't resist.
Pew Pew Pew...
I have to say since I bought my iPhone 3GS last year (my first usable smartphone), I now do 95% of my emailing, surfing, photography, and gaming ON MY PHONE. That is insane. My phone use to be a phone. The iPhone (and I'm sure a good Android) has changed my world. It's good to be a part of this revolution.
Duh, of course it was going to be like that!
I'm just gonna guess simply that at the end of April college/university students were done with their busy semesters, and in May they decided to go wild. I'm guessing April looking similar to March, just as May is probably similar to June.