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Thread ID: 127503	2012-10-27 00:16:00	What Do You Use Your Mobile Phone For?	Winston001 (3612)	PC World Chat

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
1309053	2012-10-27 00:16:00	Recently I saw a report that 50% of kiwis use their phones to access the internet. That seems very high to me but who knows. In our family we have six phones (3 smart) and none of us access the net with them. The teenagers only text and play games, sometimes having fun with bluetooth. The people I worked with never went on the net either. I then saw a study which said 70% of Americans use their phones only for texting and voice calls. This is despite 3G/4G and wireless being available to most people if they want it.	Winston001 (3612)
1309054	2012-10-27 00:18:00	I would use mine 80% for internet and 20% for SMS, MMS and voice..	paulw (1826)
1309055	2012-10-27 01:20:00	I would use mine about 97% for voice calls and 2% for texting. But my phone is over 6 years old!! so no smart phone for me.	stu161204 (123)
1309056	2012-10-27 01:25:00	I think that statistic is because most people don't know how to turn the data off on their phone, therefore it charges them $1 every day creating this statistic that people are "using" the net. I ONLY use the net now that telecom introduced their new $19 plan. Before that it was far far too expensive. Even then it's not a huge ammount.	The Error Guy (14052)
1309057	2012-10-27 01:46:00	It's still expensive, and until the price comes down and plans have more reasonable caps (2-3GB is pathetic - I could get through that in a couple of weeks, easy), uptake will be slow. I use my phone for email and browsing, tethering my wifi-only tablets, games (occasionally), texts and sometimes even phone calls... I'm on a monthly plan, not pre-paid, and it's a 'business expense'.	johcar (6283)
1309058	2012-10-27 01:52:00	I used to have a Sony Ericsson Xperia, which I would only use for texts / calls, then the boss brought all the staff Galaxy S2's with a pretty sweet plan (1Gb mobile data, unlimited calling 2500 texts), so I dumped my personal phone and only use the work one. I use it for facebook, skype, wechat (IM program) and various other internet based apps, but only because I'm not paying for it!	pine-o-cleen (2955)
1309059	2012-10-27 02:03:00	I think that statistic is because most people don't know how to turn the data off on their phone, therefore it charges them $1 every day creating this statistic that people are "using" the net. I ONLY use the net now that telecom introduced their new $19 plan. Before that it was far far too expensive. Even then it's not a huge ammount.im on 2degrees plan which is similar. Most I have used is about 100 mb. Just don't seem to get to use 3G when I'm out as wifi is usually available or I can't get any coverage when I need it	plod (107)
1309060	2012-10-27 02:15:00	I use mine mostly for internet but also a lot of texting, mainly to my girlfriend :p	pcuser42 (130)
1309061	2012-10-27 02:19:00	I use mine mostly for internet but also a lot of texting, mainly to my girlfriend :pso that would be sexting and not texting then.	plod (107)
1309062	2012-10-27 02:41:00	so that would be sexting and not texting then. MMS isn't working on my phone :p	pcuser42 (130)
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