Mobiles eat up our time

PEOPLE will spend more than two hours a day reading or watching content from their smartphones by 2020, according to a new report.

Global media agency Zenith has released its fourth annual media consumption forecasts report which surveys changing patterns of media consumption across 63 countries.

Zenith says in Australia, people will spend 123.6 minutes a day consuming content from their mobile phones in two years time, with growth in mobile consumption continuing to outpace traditional channels such as television and radio.