Approximately one-third of smartphone users in the United Kingdom report spending an hour or more on their phone, while 14 percent claim to use it for less than 10 minutes daily. That is the finding of a survey conducted by Statista GmbH, conducted in May 2017.
While they are in use, smartphones are utilized for purposes well beyond simply communicating with one another. Smartphones were the main device used to browse the Internet in the UK during March 2018, with users reporting that 62 percent of their time spent online was spent on a smartphone.
respondents are English speaking residential population who own smartphone
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
This question was phrased by the source as follows: "How much time do you spend daily on your smartphone? By this, we mean the total time that you spend calling, writing messages, taking pictures or using apps."
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Statista. (May 24, 2017). Share of daily amounts of time spent using smartphones in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/717110/smartphones-daily-time-spent-using-phone-in-the-uk/
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