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 lives in leamington spa and 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, t he 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…