How we discovered you (probably) broke your New Year's smartphone resolution
Large numbers of people want to use their smartphones less, but mobile data usage just keeps going up
Do you remember New Year’s Day this year and the resolutions you solemnly (or frivolously) made then? Apparently more than half of us decided that, enough was enough, we were finally going to spend less time on our phones and devote our attention to the real world a bit more.
Some of you may even have pondered buying a small cottage in the countryside to live completely offline and off grid, get back to nature and adopt the ‘paleo diet’ of our hunter-gatherer ancestors.
The result of all those possibly good intentions? Yet another record-breaking year for mobile data usage, according to new research, as we scrolled through social media, had chats with AI bots, and even messaged some people we actually know in the real world (what are they called again? Oh yes, ‘friends and family’).
As New Year approaches, smartphones are getting smarter and apps (like The Scotsman’s!) are increasingly enticing, useful and entertaining. Can we really resist?
Perhaps doing Dry January would be a better idea. Or starting a ‘gratitude journal’, whatever that is. Couch to 5K? Now you’re talking, there’s an app for that...
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