61% PEOPLE BEGIN DAY WITH PHONE

New Delhi, Dec. 28: For many smartphone owners, checking their phones is among the first and last things they do every day, with 61 per cent respondents saying they look at their devices within five minutes of waking up, a report said on Wednesday.

According to the Deloitte Global Mobile Consumer Survey, 2016, the number swells to 88 per cent when considering people who take less than 30 minutes after waking up to check their phones. Around 96 per cent of the respondents take about less than an hour to peep into their handsets each morning.

Interestingly, 74 per cent respondents check their mobile phones about 15 minutes before going to sleep. “This study reveals that smartphone usage has increased. It has been identified as a disruptor in many common daily activities. This (the numbers) says a lot about the way phone us-age has intruded in consumers’ personal space and life,” Neeraj Jain, partner at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India, said.