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The advanced functions of the most current mobile phones are ‘of tiny or no interest’ to the more than-65s, new study indicates.


Only one in twenty of the age team owns a smartphone, in contrast to 17 per cent of individuals aged in between 55 and 64. Research from Ofcom indicated that there was no increase in between 2010 and 2011 in these above 65 using their phones to access the net.


All round, smartphones now make up 67 per cent of all United kingdom cellular mobile phone sales. According to the most recent figures from Ofcom, 91 for each cent of Uk older people of all ages presently own or use a mobile and one particular in 4 owns a smartphone.


Analysis carried out by Cambridge University indicated that a lot more than fifty percent of the above-50s in the United kingdom felt nervous employing an digital merchandise they had not witnessed ahead of. In accordance to Ofcom, 39 for each cent of the above 65s use a mobile purely for telephone calls, and only 55 per cent use text messages.


Ian Hosking, Senior Investigation Affiliate, Cambridge University explained, “It is crucial that all makers of electronics goods, specifically mobile phones, contemplate the demands of older customers when creating new items. There is a genuine possibility to tackle this stress and anxiety and create a thing that is equally stylish and straightforward to use.”



Emporia Telecom, who commissioned the research, can make technologies for older men and women, and claims to have qualified much more than twenty,000 older end users above the previous 5 decades.