Almost all young Japanese say cellphones have changed their lifestyles, with nearly one-third of them confessing to spending three hours or more a day on their cellphone, a survey says.
Japan is the pioneer of third-generation telephones, which allow advanced functions such as Internet browsing and online shopping.
Of Japanese aged 20 to 40, some 16 percent say they spend three to five hours a day on their cells. Nine percent use their phones for five to 10 hours — and four percent even spend more than 10 hours a day.
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The recent survey by technical solutions provider Nepro IT Co. Ltd. found that cellphone usage has gone up from even a year ago, when one in four young Japanese said they spent more than three hours on their phones.
Ninety percent of participants in the latest survey said that cellphones have changed their lives in some way.
Nearly 70 percent admit they write fewer letters and postcards and 11 percent say their real-life interaction has also gone down, according to the study, which polled 3,750 people.
A mere 16 percent of young Japanese say they only use their cellphones for the "old-fashioned" functions of chatting and sending text messages.
For 40 percent, online shopping was the most popular service available on cellphones, followed by 38 percent who most enjoyed downloading music.
Japan has more than 100 million cellphone subscriptions in a population of 127 million, an industry group said last month. Two-thirds of cellphone users have opted for third-generation handsets. (AFP)
一份研究顯示,日本年輕人幾乎都說手機改變了他們的生活方式,將近三分之一的年輕人坦承他們一天起碼使用手機三小時。
日本是第三代手機的先趨者,手機擁有上網及網路購物等先進功能。
二十至四十歲的日本人中,約16%的受訪者說自己一天使用手機三到五小時。9%的受訪者是五到十小時,4%的人一天甚至超過十小時。
這份由科技解決方案公司Nepro IT近期進行的調查發現,早在一年前手機使用就明顯上揚,當時有四分之一的日本年輕人說自己一天起碼花三小時在手機上。
在這份最新調查中,90%的受訪者表示,手機可說是改變了他們的生活。
這份研究調查了三千七百五十位受訪者,結果顯示,將近70%的人坦承自己減少寫信或明信片,11%的人說自己已減少真實生活中的互動。
只有16%的日本年輕人說自己只用聊天和傳簡訊的傳統手機功能。
40%的受訪者認為網路購物是最受歡迎的手機服務,另有38%的受訪者最愛下載音樂。
一家企業集團上個月指出,日本一億兩千七百萬人口中,就有一億多人申辦手機。三分之二的手機用戶已經採用第三代手機。 (法新社/翻譯︰賴美君)
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