Typical U.K. Android user is a boring non-gamer

3. faisolbauuz posted on 18 Feb 2013, 06:22 10 0

Sooo you call a person who would rather check his financial records on his smartphone instead of playing the hottest new mobile is boring person ? Stereotypes indeed

5. anywherehome posted on 18 Feb 2013, 06:30 3 2

no, it means Android = a useful tool for life
iPhone (iToys) = just for fun, just an iConboard, iToy, not for any serious work or a tool for life ;)
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7. Topcat488 posted on 18 Feb 2013, 06:38 1 0

If you ask me, i'd say that most all the Apps mentioned above have social aspects which leads to the start of fun... And that the survey was probably more interested in "Spying", on where and what people are doing and saying on their phone... "Big Brother" "illumi-nutty" :)

8. _Bone_ posted on 18 Feb 2013, 06:46 2 1

So in other words British Android users use their smartphone as a smartphone instead of a Gameboy.

10. scriptwriter posted on 18 Feb 2013, 07:02 0 0

i strongly disagree with these findings. i easerly have more gaming apps on my phone than non gaming apps. I try to limit the amouint of shopping i do on my phone. As for the list of the mostly used apps, most of them, if not all, are stock apps anyway that come with the phone and CAN NOT BE REMOVED!!!! How bout doing the survey again but excluding stock apps?

11. simplyj posted on 18 Feb 2013, 07:12 1 0

So Phone Arena, because they use their phones for actual productivity, they are boring. So what do you call people who do not use their phones for productivity?

13. ilia1986 posted on 18 Feb 2013, 08:18 5 0

I'd much rather be a "boring" non gamer (even though I have more than 30 games on my SGS3) than a socially-addicted moronic, swag-cultured, stupid, whiny, jersey-shore watching justin-bieber loving redneck teenage american who uses an iPhone, thank you very very much.

17. kamen posted on 18 Feb 2013, 08:52 1 0

That's exactly why (even not being in UK) I complain and flame about preinstalled junk on HTCs. I simply disabled Facebook and discovered that the useless Teeter game is treated as a system app in HTCs (obviously, it is waay too important).

18. pkiran1996 posted on 18 Feb 2013, 09:56 1 0

A sanple size of 1500 from one region of the UK is not representitive of the majority of Android users in the UK. My college has 2000 students!

19. gwuhua1984 posted on 18 Feb 2013, 10:36 2 0

I use my phone to watch movies... VLC controller to steam movies from my computer to tv...

I must be pretty boring since I don't really play games...

20. Paradox posted on 18 Feb 2013, 11:58 1 0

I live in the UK and don't play many games on my phone (nexus 4 ;) ), mainly because they are usually boring. I prefer to play real games on my PC...

21. bigstrudel posted on 18 Feb 2013, 12:14 1 0

Im the same way as the brits I guess. My phone is a tool and when I have a few spare moments I prefer to use them for something constructive rather than play games on the least immersive experience possible.

24. rusticguy posted on 18 Feb 2013, 19:22 1 0

Intelligent users ... playing games on device .. for that you hav e iPhone :D

25. Reluctant_Human posted on 18 Feb 2013, 22:21 0 0

@most of these posts - nowadays most android users are as bad as most iphone users. A preference over a technology or phone doesn't make you smarter or more of an individual. An idiot will still be an idiot no matter what he's holding.