davieG Posted 26 September 2016 Posted 26 September 2016 UK 'has never been more addicted to smartphones' If you've every woken up in the middle of the night and immediately checked your phone then you're not alone. People in the UK have never been more addicted to their smartphones, according to a report from Deloitte. One in three adults check for messages at night, and admit their overuse is causing rows with their partners. For some, FOMO - or the fear of missing out - leaves them in the grip of an addiction to their devices, according to the survey. "What smartphones enable people to do is to keep tags of what's happening, what people are saying, what people are posting. You can do that throughout the day and what smartphones are encouraging people to do is to do that at night," Paul Lee, head of technology, media and telecommunications research at Deloitte told Today. But Mr Lee said the overuse was a "temporary thing" driven by the relative newness of smartphones. "We're getting used to how to use this tech which let's remind ourselves is just nine years old. When we have something new we tend to overreact to it," he added. LTD Deloitte's Key findings: One in three UK adults has argued with their partner about using their mobile phone too much, according to Deloitte. The rows were most common among 25-34 year olds the report found, while 11% of over 65s admitted arguments about overusing phones. About a tenth of respondents admitted using their handsets "always" or "very often" while eating at home or in restaurants. A third said they regularly used their devices while with friends or watching television. One in three UK adults - and half of 18-24 year olds - said they checked their phones in the middle of the night, with instant messaging and social media the most popular activities. One in 10 smartphone owners admitted reaching for their phone as soon as they woke up - with a third grabbing the device within five minutes of waking. 'Peak smartphone' Deloitte's sixth annual Mobile Consumer Survey analysed the mobile phone habits of more than 4,000 UK consumers. Four out of five UK adults now have a smartphone - equivalent to 37 million people - but despite their popularity, the report warned the smartphone market was reaching saturation point. Growth in new users slowed to 7% in the year to June 2016, from 9% in the previous 12 months. And according to the study, only a fifth of adults using feature phones said they planned to trade up to a smartphone. "It is clear from our research that we are reaching an age of 'peak smartphone'", Mr Lee said. "Given the market saturation, in the next 12 months, we expect smartphone penetration to rise modestly, perhaps by no more than two or four percentage points," But while producers of some other handheld gadgets have struggled to persuade users to keep buying newer models, this is not a problem phone manufacturers will face, the report predicts. "Smartphones will not suffer the same fate as tablets. The replacement market is likely to remain healthy, and given the sizeable base of existing owners, smartphone sales are likely to remain in the tens of millions for the foreseeable future," Mr Lee said.
TiffToff88 Posted 26 September 2016 Posted 26 September 2016 7 minutes ago, davieG said: Deloitte's Key findings: One in 10 smartphone owners admitted reaching for their phone as soon as they woke up - with a third grabbing the device within five minutes of waking. Is that not because a lot of people, myself included, use their phone as a wake up alarm? If i didn't reach for my phone within 5 minutes of it waking me up my Mrs would kill me!
yorkie1999 Posted 26 September 2016 Posted 26 September 2016 Sick of em and the people with their noses stuck in them. This social media malarkey isn't social, in fact it's just the opposite,it's anti social.
Wymsey Posted 26 September 2016 Posted 26 September 2016 I'm addicted to the internet most often on smartphone, however only use smartphone otherwise for calls/text. Suppose I am.
StanSP Posted 26 September 2016 Posted 26 September 2016 1 minute ago, yorkie1999 said: Sick of em and the people with their noses stuck in them. This social media malarkey isn't social, in fact it's just the opposite,it's anti social.
Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo Posted 26 September 2016 Posted 26 September 2016 4 minutes ago, Wymeswold fox said: I'm addicted to the internet most often on smartphone, however only use smartphone otherwise for calls/text. Suppose I am. This. If I didn't have a smartphone (let's just call it a phone, barely anyone still uses the useless old shit phones) I'd just look at the internet on a laptop more. Not addicted to the smartphone itself, just looking at the internet And Pokemon go. If I'm walking anywhere more than 2 houses away I'm wasting valuable egg-hatching time
ScouseFox Posted 26 September 2016 Posted 26 September 2016 "reaching" them when you wake up? well yeah obviously. people who don't go on their phone when they wake up are weird because as has been said it's your alarm. it's your newspaper. it's your mate/bird's messages. it's work telling you you were meant to be in 3 hours ago. it's trying to remember what happened last night. seems pretty strange to call it an "addiction" or "overuse". they're part of modern day life.
Manwell Pablo Posted 26 September 2016 Posted 26 September 2016 4 minutes ago, ScouseFox said: "reaching" them when you wake up? well yeah obviously. people who don't go on their phone when they wake up are weird because as has been said it's your alarm. it's your newspaper. it's your mate/bird's messages. it's work telling you you were meant to be in 3 hours ago. it's trying to remember what happened last night. seems pretty strange to call it an "addiction" or "overuse". they're part of modern day life. Middle of the night. Which I do think is a bit weird. They are essential bits of kit these days though. I don't see why people take offence at them. Very weird, such a great invention.
OzFox Posted 26 September 2016 Posted 26 September 2016 This was in NY magazine last week. A long read, but a good one http://nymag.com/selectall/2016/09/andrew-sullivan-technology-almost-killed-me.html?mid=fb-share-selectall "A small but detailed 2015 study of young adults found that participants were using their phones five hours a day, at 85 separate times. Most of these interactions were for less than 30 seconds, but they add up. Just as revealing: The users weren’t fully aware of how addicted they were. They thought they picked up their phones half as much as they actually did. But whether they were aware of it or not, a new technology had seized control of around one-third of these young adults’ waking hours."
ScouseFox Posted 26 September 2016 Posted 26 September 2016 Just now, Manwell Pablo said: Middle of the night. Which I do think is a bit weird. They are essential bits of kit these days though. I don't see why people take offence at them. Very weird, such a great invention. they're the only clock in my room, if i wake up i'll check the time. nothing weird about that? then if there's messages on the lock screen read and reply/ignore and go back to sleep. also a torch for trying to get the pisser without stubbing your toe. the article seems to be trying to insinuate that people are purposefully waking up at 3 am to watch 45 minutes worth of snapchat stories and then playing 3 hours of candy crush. "checking your phone" is a necessity in the real world.
Manwell Pablo Posted 26 September 2016 Posted 26 September 2016 1 minute ago, ScouseFox said: they're the only clock in my room, if i wake up i'll check the time. nothing weird about that? then if there's messages on the lock screen read and reply/ignore and go back to sleep. also a torch for trying to get the pisser without stubbing your toe. the article seems to be trying to insinuate that people are purposefully waking up at 3 am to watch 45 minutes worth of snapchat stories and then playing 3 hours of candy crush. "checking your phone" is a necessity in the real world. Well I'd just be concerned about getting back to sleep myself but each to their own if I can't I might then check the time. I dunno what the article is trying to say tbh, seems a bit of a non story to me.
Fox92 Posted 26 September 2016 Posted 26 September 2016 If I look at my phone during the night it's to see what time it is - and that's not really using the phone as the time is on the lock screen displayed massive. Even if there's message there it's left 'till the morning.
Captain... Posted 26 September 2016 Posted 26 September 2016 It's not just an alarm clock it is also the only way of telling the time if you wake up in the middle of the night. If I wake up and want to know what time it is I will check my phone, if there is a message I will probably read it, I will also use it as a torch so I can go for a piss and not wake the missus up. What does annoy me is using them in social situations, if there's a few of you in the pub and one is always on their phone it is just rude. I also don't like it when I have an evening in with the missus and we are both just messing about on our phones and not actually talking or getting anything useful done.
AyewJoking Posted 26 September 2016 Posted 26 September 2016 never really been into "smart phones" yep i have a smart phone but i'm still pay as you go so rarely use it other than to answer calls or texts which i rarely receive
Trav Le Bleu Posted 26 September 2016 Posted 26 September 2016 4 minutes ago, ScouseFox said: they're the only clock in my room, if i wake up i'll check the time. nothing weird about that? then if there's messages on the lock screen read and reply/ignore and go back to sleep. also a torch for trying to get the pisser without stubbing your toe. the article seems to be trying to insinuate that people are purposefully waking up at 3 am to watch 45 minutes worth of snapchat stories and then playing 3 hours of candy crush. "checking your phone" is a necessity in the real world. Yeah, of course there are people who immediately reach for their phone for alarm/light reasons. But checking for messages, going on social media in the middle of the night is obsessive. If you think that there aren't people who do this though, you're pretty naive. During the transfer window I used to metaphorically kick myself for checking the transfers forum on here at 5 am when I woke up. Surprisingly there were never any new signings whilst I asleep.
Trav Le Bleu Posted 26 September 2016 Posted 26 September 2016 7 minutes ago, Royston. said: never really been into "smart phones" yep i have a smart phone but i'm still pay as you go so rarely use it other than to answer calls or texts which i rarely receive Put your number up here, I'm sure you get loads more!
ScouseFox Posted 26 September 2016 Posted 26 September 2016 1 minute ago, Trav Le Bleu said: Yeah, of course there are people who immediately reach for their phone for alarm/light reasons. But checking for messages, going on social media in the middle of the night is obsessive. If you think that there aren't people who do this though, you're pretty naive. During the transfer window I used to metaphorically kick myself for checking the transfers forum on here at 5 am when I woke up. Surprisingly there were never any new signings whilst I asleep. yeah obviously there are people who check social media as soon as they wake up. i do. little scroll through twitter, see if there's anything exciting on here maybe a news app or two. but that's no different to (no offence) "old people" who would probably look down their noses at people doing that who wake up and listen to the news on the radio whilst reading the paper. i'm not sure how else i'd start a day other than going on my phone. i wouldn't know what time it was, wouldn't know what i was going to do that day, wouldn't know anything interesting that had happened overnight/in the morning etc. seems bizarre not to get up, read some news, check some emails, text a few mates.
AyewJoking Posted 26 September 2016 Posted 26 September 2016 3 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said: Put your number up here, I'm sure you get loads more! 07868313711 No homo!
Jon the Hat Posted 26 September 2016 Posted 26 September 2016 Smart phone in pretty much constant use for me. Email work and personal calendar work and personal phone messages Facebook for keeping up with friends, family and local goings on where I live. twitter for the news football and politics sky sports app Sky news app weather app foxestalk online banking apple pay alarm clock reminders camera kindle app (rarely read anything else) Sky go / BT sport for football on the go Various work apps for trave, expenses, invoice approval Factime, skype maps, travel apps train times etc amazon, ebay apps for shopping music every day, in the car google maps is my sat nav BA & easyjest apps for boarding passes and so on linked in for work contracts etc & jobs tripadvisor for reservations iplayer mostly to keep the kids amused when required various pay to park apps as I never have the right coins
Trav Le Bleu Posted 26 September 2016 Posted 26 September 2016 3 minutes ago, ScouseFox said: yeah obviously there are people who check social media as soon as they wake up. i do. little scroll through twitter, see if there's anything exciting on here maybe a news app or two. but that's no different to (no offence) "old people" who would probably look down their noses at people doing that who wake up and listen to the news on the radio whilst reading the paper. i'm not sure how else i'd start a day other than going on my phone. i wouldn't know what time it was, wouldn't know what i was going to do that day, wouldn't know anything interesting that had happened overnight/in the morning etc. seems bizarre not to get up, read some news, check some emails, text a few mates. I think it's more the waking up in the middle of the night and doing it other than for checking time. "Older" people (bit ageist) wouldn't turn the radio/tv on to check the news. They certainly wouldn't nip out for a newspaper.
VLC86 Posted 26 September 2016 Posted 26 September 2016 19 minutes ago, Royston. said: 07868313711 No homo! What could possibly go wrong? Fair to say I use my smart phone way too much and the fact I've nearly posted 5000 times on here tells you everything you need to know. Would love to be in a position where I didn't find it necessary but struggling to think of when that would be ha.
StanSP Posted 26 September 2016 Posted 26 September 2016 38 minutes ago, Captain... said: It's not just an alarm clock it is also the only way of telling the time if you wake up in the middle of the night. If I wake up and want to know what time it is I will check my phone, if there is a message I will probably read it, I will also use it as a torch so I can go for a piss and not wake the missus up. What does annoy me is using them in social situations, if there's a few of you in the pub and one is always on their phone it is just rude. I also don't like it when I have an evening in with the missus and we are both just messing about on our phones and not actually talking or getting anything useful done. text her and tell her how you feel mate.
foxy boxing Posted 26 September 2016 Posted 26 September 2016 everytime you go out now people on the bus playing with their smartphones or having a conversation with someone and their on their smartphone and can't look away from it for more than five seconds. now with technology people think they have to document every minute of their lives and constantly be in touch with people 24/7 round the clock
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