Most Don’t Use Cell Phone for Making Calls
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iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — You’re really behind the curve if you use your cell phone for something as mundane as making a phone call.
At least that’s what a new survey of 2,000 people in Britain implies. The taxi-summoning app Hailo asked phone owners to list their top reasons for using the gadgets with texting messages and receiving messages coming in first and second.
Number three on the list was reading personal email while the fourth most popular function was surfing the Internet.
And making calls? Nope, not yet. That was sixth behind setting up the phone to act as an alarm clock.
Rounding out the top 10: sending personal emails; checking the time; using the calculator; and checking Facebook.
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