American teens sent and received average 2,272 texts per month in 4th quarter
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Some Psychologists say texting has both good and bad points. It is a positive tool to keep kids connected with each other and to learn about what is going on with their peers. On the other hand, having to answer a machine that vibrates every few seconds can interrupt periods of peace and quiet, or interrupt the middle of a thought. Health issues are also involved. One 15 year old started getting painful cramps on her thumbs from constantly pressing on the QWERTY keyboard of her LG phone. She has since switched to an iPhone and while sending messages has been slower with the virtual keyboard, her thumbs are feeling better.
With most teenagers able to sneak text messages during class, huge totals are appearing on monthly bills. 13 year old Reina Hardesty of Lake Forest California accumulated 14,528 messages in one month. After a newspaper story focused on Ms. Hardesty, her monthly total soared to over 24,000 texts. But when her grades started falling, her parents took the phone away. Eventually, the phone was returned with a restriction of 5,000 messages a month.
source: N.Y. Times
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29 Comments
1. vzw fanman posted on 20 Oct 2010, 01:43 0 0
some people definitely abuse texting ...almost 15,000 texts is just unnecessary.
3. volvo posted on 26 May 2009, 15:28 0 0
well it depends...remember, some people use mobile IM which are counted as texts and u can use over 100 of those in just 20 minutes of conversating. the most i have ever done was 13,652(total, sent & received). t-mobile rep's were astonished! but that was the first month i got unlimited texting after 5 months of having NO texting so i guess i was overwhelmed. now I do around 9,500(total, sent and received) a month and all is well. :)
6. Dood posted on 26 May 2009, 16:33 0 0
That's about how many I send a month. I do about 2,000 a week. Believe me, I was surprised to see it on my bill, so I was super happy I have unlimited.
7. vzw fanman posted on 26 May 2009, 18:07 0 0
ok well if you take away IM and it's strictly text messaging, 15,000 is ridiculous. i don't understand how someone could text that much or why they would need to.
9. volvo posted on 26 May 2009, 18:14 0 0
lol yeah i calculated the 13,652 x .25 and it was like $2000.00!
10. volvo posted on 26 May 2009, 18:17 0 0
yes i agree. my 13,652 was strictly text messaging. well, idk how old u are but us kids do alot of "hey what's up-ing via text and we also reply to messages when there really is no reason too...so i guess that could be why. and unless your a business man or something yea u dont need to text that much. my friend alexxus did 18,346. sad isn't it?
23. volvo posted on 29 May 2009, 21:59 0 0
who's wrong? if ur referring to me && my calculations, yes i am wrong. i didnt do the math, i just tried remembering what it was when i DID do the math back in january. the correct amount was $3,413.00
29. craaze posted on 10 Jun 2010, 23:39 0 0
I finally figured out how to keep my parents from going through my text messages. I downloaded a program from Faketexts.com and it hides the iPhone SMS button and replaces it with a fake one that you can edit. Basically it doesn't show all the girls I am talking to just go to Faketexts.com on your iPhone.
2. Mr_LaZy posted on 26 May 2009, 15:17 0 0
I used 12000 received and 8000 sent last month =x But that might be because I was using Mobile IM... though I do turn it off when I'm on my PC >
4. volvo posted on 26 May 2009, 15:31 0 0
I agree about the anxiety part. I text all day in class and I still maintain a 3.9gpa. but i wont be able to do this at the high school I'M going to next year. But honestly I do feel that I may become an anxious person. I get ancy when someone doesnt reply to my text right away. :{
11. volvo posted on 26 May 2009, 18:18 0 0
no. i have t-mobile. but i hope to get verizon in january or february when my t-mo contract is up. why do u ask? does verizon have a text-anxiety help line?! lol jk..
14. vzw fanman posted on 26 May 2009, 22:40 0 0
the reason i ask is because you said you get ancy when someone doesn't reply. idk if tmo has this but when you send a text to a verizon person it shows that they recieved the message. but if the little checkmark (or D on blackberrys) is not there that means they didn't get the text...maybe they had no service, their phone was off or they dropped it in water etc... i wish i had a 3.9 GPA in high school haha.
19. volvo posted on 29 May 2009, 21:52 0 0
um, im not sure if t-mobile has that feature. i think it doesnt, it ALWAYS says MESSAGE SENT unless i dont have service. but its possible that of all the messages i sent, the other person had signal. but i like that feature, tho people who send messages vzw2vzw who dont know about it probably think there phone is messed up. i love how verizon sends messages super quick, the mail into the mailbox animation plays twice and then its sent. on my motorola zine, it takes about 6 seconds from the time i press send to say MESSAGE SENT. it could just be GSM technology, the phone, or t-mobile. and yea im not in high school. im an eighth grader. im going to a high school with a "rigorous" curriculum so it may drop hehe :)
5. LGVX1993 posted on 26 May 2009, 15:34 0 0
the most ive done was 8000 sent and recieved a month when i had an enV2. Now that im on an alias i do about 4000-5000 a month
12. volvo posted on 26 May 2009, 18:19 0 0
do you have trouble with the alias's small buttons??
15. LGVX1993 posted on 27 May 2009, 05:13 0 0
yeah and the software is buggy. It power cycled at least 4 times this weekend alone. It got to the point where i actually hate texting people.
26. volvo posted on 30 May 2009, 20:28 0 0
what's power-cycling? ...turning off and back on for no reason?
