The research found that a sizeable minority of mobile users have moved beyond the voice function and focus on text and data services.

In the US the number is 13 per cent, while 33 per cent of UK users and 18 per cent of US respondents make no more than two calls a week.

Texting is hugely popular in the UK with 49 per cent sending at least one SMS per day and two per cent sending a picture or video message daily.

Women like to send more text messages than men – with 56  per cent compared to 42 per cent sending at least one text per day.

In the UK the most popular daily function is browsing the web at nine per cent, whilst on a weekly basis it’s taking photos (38 per cent of respondents), followed jointly by browsing the web and playing games (22 per cent) and sending a photo or video (18 per cent)

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