SMS - dead and buried..... not

Mobile Life survey conducted by YouGov, raises some statistics, which fail to surprise and demonstrates their proliferation :

Of 16,500 adults surveyed

• 14% have two or more phones they use regularly
• On average they make 2.8 calls per day, with an average of 3.6 text messages
• Using data from the mobile data association , during the month of July 3.5 billion text were sent - which equates to 50 text messages per day for every woman, man and child for Great Britain
• 70% replace their phones every 18 months , choosing function as the most important decider
• 64% would be happy to use the phone to pay for small items , such as bus and tube tickets – at present 20% of people pay the London congestion charge in this way.
• An overwhelming majority of people cannot survive a day without their mobile phone
  

And finally , only 14% of those surveyed would turn there phone off during sex…….