Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Maybe We Should Stop Calling Smartphones 'Phones'

Garber, Megan. "Maybe We Should Stop Calling Smartphones 'Phones'. The Atlantic, July 2, 2012.

From the article: "Every day, the average smartphone user spends 128 minutes actively using the device. That's just over two hours. The average user is spending those 128 minutes surfing the Internet (for nearly 25 minutes), engaging in social networking (for more than 17), listening to music (more than 15), and playing games (more than 14). 

What the average user is doing relatively little of, however, is talking -- using the smartphone as, you know, a phone. The average user is spending around 12 minutes doing that -- making talking with friends a less popular activity than playing, say, "Words with Friends."" Read more