A new study conducted by UK-based telecom regulator Ofcom reveals that the amount of time Britons spend talking on theirmobile phones has dropped by one billion minutes. Britons spent 125 billion minutes talking on their mobile phones in 2010, and in last year’s report this was found to be only 124 billion.
Surprisingly, British adults are now spending more time text messaging, with the average Briton sending 200 texts a month – more than double the figure from 2008. 58% of UK adults reported using texts at least once a day to communicate with their family and friends, whereas only 47% reported talking to them over phone.
But, Britons still like to get together with friends and have conversations with them. 49 % of those studied revealed that they had face-to-face interactions with friends and family members.
The figure for social networking sites such as Facebook or Twitter was 33%, making them the least popular form of daily conversations. However use of social networks is going up. Report shows that British adults spent 3.3 hours a month social networking on a PC or laptop in 2011, up from 3.1 hours in 2010.
“New forms of communications are emerging which don’t require us to talk to each other – especially among younger age groups. This trend is set to continue as technology advances and we move further into the digital age,” said James Thickett, Ofcom’s director of research.
The report also showed that ownership of new age devices such as Apple’s iPad and Samsung’s Galaxy Tab have shot up from 2% of UK households in 2011 to 11% in the first quarter this year.
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