SMS Still Beating Internet On Australian Mobile Phones

We’re big on mobile applications and telephone Internet access here at Lifehacker, and I suspect most of our readers are too. However, it’s worth remembering that for a large slice of the population, the most sophisticated data application on offer is a text message.

Picture by brymo

A global survey of phone usage by Sybase 365 found that while 81% of Australian mobile phone users use SMS at least weekly, just 24% use their phones for general Internet usage. A similar number (22%) use their phones for social networking.

When it comes to getting alert messages (from commercial or free services), our results are rather inconsistent. While 75% of us are interested in sports updates, only 26% want emergency services alerts. Cricket scores versus impending bushfires? Apparently it’s not much of a contest.


The Cheapest NBN 50 Plans

Here are the cheapest plans available for Australia’s most popular NBN speed tier.

At Lifehacker, we independently select and write about stuff we love and think you'll like too. We have affiliate and advertising partnerships, which means we may collect a share of sales or other compensation from the links on this page. BTW – prices are accurate and items in stock at the time of posting.

Comments


6 responses to “SMS Still Beating Internet On Australian Mobile Phones”

Leave a Reply