Studies show…

The study by mobile phone provider O2 looked at exactly what we use our phones for and how much time each activity takes each day. Brits now spend 24 minutes every day browsing the internet – longer than anything else. This was followed by checking various social networks (16 mins), listening to music (15 mins) and playing games (13 mins).

Surprisingly, using our smartphone to make calls (13 mins) and send texts (11 mins) are the fifth and sixth most used functions on our mobiles, however, chatting on the phone seems to have made a comeback as year on year figures show a 12 per cent increase in making calls.

And the same can be said for texting, as over the past year there has been a 13 per cent increase in people using their mobile to message friends. What’s more, the research reveals we are replacing many household objects as our smartphones do the same job.

As many as 57 per cent of us admit we have no use for an alarm clock anymore. Meanwhile, half of us no longer wear a watch as we rely on our mobile to tell the time, and 46 per cent use only their phone to take photographs.