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\u201cThere are so many ways of keeping in constant touch with people that voice calls are almost too invasive now,\u201d reckons archaeologist Kimberly Brown, who works at The Gibraltar Museum in Gibraltar.  \u201cI feel I use it to its full potential \u2013 as music player, as camera, for texts, for emails, for surfing\u2026 apps, games.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brown is part of a growing trend in a move away from the use of cell phones for communicating via voice, a trend that may be a good thing given the increasing worry over cancer fears caused by holding cell phones next to the head \u2013 the natural place to put it when actually having a conversation with someone, but not necessary for all their other applications.  As Brown notes, however, another reason for the shift is that text messages are felt by people to be less intrusive to the person being contacted, allowing them to respond when they have the time rather than demanding instant communication.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs phones develop and advanced features become more palatable \u2013 better displays, software etc \u2013 people are being accustomed to using their phones for a range of features, rather than just voice,\u201d says an analyst for London based TNS Global Market Research, Fiona Buchanan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Using a new or old cell phone for the purposes of having a conversation with someone might seem to some to be the sole point of owning such a device in the first place, but evidence is growing that more and more people are using their cell phones for just about everything except talking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1824],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nPeople Who Have Never Used Cell Phones for Talking<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/people-who-have-never-used-cell-phones-for-talking\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"People Who Have Never Used Cell Phones for 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