The world of mobile users are acting like teenagers having used a mobile device for around 12 years according to a new study by McCann Truth Central. Some mobile perceptions are optimistic while others are distracting.
Socializing is a major part of mobile life. Average respondents were 50% more likely to be outgoing on their mobile devices. 74% of respondents say that their mobiles have helped them to "fit in" rather than stand out. While 55% say that they judge people by the devices they own, 40% say they judge people by the mobile network operator they choose.
Mobile Attitudes:
- More than 1 in 10 people say they have received a sext!
- 38% of people are toilet talkers (take their devices into the bathroom.)
- -29% of people admit to downloading content illegally (49% in China.)
- 55% of people have purposely ignored a call.
- 2 in 10 use curses and dirty words in their texts.
Could mobile save the world?
The study also revealed a lot of excitement and hope among adult mobile phone users about the future world that mobile can deliver, an optimistic viewpoint that continued to liken them to teenagers.
Nearly 40% of people thought that mobile technology will make us more likely to develop global solutions for crime, 21% thought mobile technology can help us avoid global economic crises, and 16% thought mobile could help alleviate pandemic flu outbreaks.