{"id":1915,"date":"2013-03-28T22:05:09","date_gmt":"2013-03-29T05:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mosio.com\/mobileanswers\/?p=1915"},"modified":"2019-03-13T14:38:24","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T21:38:24","slug":"8-interesting-stats-from-idc-and-facebooks-always-connected-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mosio.com\/mobileanswers\/8-interesting-stats-from-idc-and-facebooks-always-connected-report\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Interesting Stats from IDC and Facebook&#8217;s &#8220;Always Connected&#8221; Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gramilano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/group-texting.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>IDC and Facebook&#8217;s New Research Report &#8220;Always Connected: How Smartphones and Social Keep Us Engaged&#8221; is filled with good info-nuggets. We encourage you to <a href=\"https:\/\/fb-public.box.com\/s\/3iq5x6uwnqtq7ki4q8wk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">read the 25 page report<\/a>, but for those on the move, we&#8217;ve boiled it down for you. No pretty pictures or graphics below, but there are definitely some on the report, so check it out!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>25% of people surveyed cannot recall the last time their phone was not close them.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Today, half of the total US population uses smartphones.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>In 2013, U.S. Smartphone Users is projected to be 181.4 Million which is 57.3% of the population.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Within the first 15 minutes of waking up, 4 out of 5 smartphone owners are checking their phones.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>79% of respondents have their phone on or near them for all but up to 2 hours of their waking day.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>49% of respondents feel connected when using text\/message application on their Smartphones.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>From Monday to Sunday, 84% of respondent&#8217;s time is spent on phone communicating via text, email, social vs. only 16% on phone calls.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Men are 75% more likely than women to seek out application on Facebook using their Smartphones.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We took a vote over here and it was closer 75% of us that could not recall the last time our phone was close by. I suppose we have &#8220;I need it for work&#8221; as an excuse, but still. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IDC and Facebook&#8217;s New Research Report &#8220;Always Connected: How Smartphones and Social Keep Us Engaged&#8221; is filled with good info-nuggets. 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