MY MOBILE IS LIKE AN OCCASIONAL FRIEND
DAILY AVERAGE: 2hr 39min WEEKLY PICK-UPS: 169 FIVE MOST USED APPS: Email, Outlook, Safari, WhatsApp, Notes MOST VISITED: Email (8hr 43m)
MOIRA-ANN GRANGER, 61, is a district councillor and works in the family outdoor leisure business with her husband Nigel, 62. She has two children, Elliot, 34, and Hayley, 33.
MOIRA-ANN says: What has become clear from using this app is that I use my phone as a friend on days when I don’t have much work on, the weather’s grim or I’m feeling a bit lonely.
Last Wednesday, for example, I was bored, catching up with laundry, so I sought solace in my phone, browsing (and sobbing) through photos from my daughter’s wedding last month.
Mostly I use my phone for work, though, and field around 70 emails a day. But I don’t enjoy speaking on the phone. Friends are always surprised if I answer their calls, and I use WhatsApp to communicate with my children and husband.
If I’m busy I find it easy to forget about my phone — last Friday I went to an exercise class, then out shopping, and didn’t look at it until after 11am.
I have Twitter and I’m on Facebook but I rarely post anything. I’m more of a social media voyeur.
I feel I’m in control of my phone usage. and if I’m at the dinner table or out with friends it stays in my bag unless someone asks me to check a diary date. I don’t think I’m at the stage where I have a problem with it. Yet…