Harris Interactive: Survey shows smartphone apps save people 22 days

Harris Interactive is a well-known polling company. It recently released a survey report on how smartphone users use apps. The report collected the opinions of 2,120 adults and found some interesting points. Unfortunately, Harris surveyed European and American users, and the habits of Chinese smartphone users may be different.

1. Every year, smartphone apps save people 22 days of work, which is equivalent to 88 minutes a day.

2. 97% of smartphone users use at least one app.

3. Email programs are the most commonly used, followed by text and social networking programs. Users also use programs to play games, surf the Internet, check the weather, check maps, GPS navigation, and calendar functions are also popular.

4. Although email apps are the most commonly used, people save the most time using text apps. Text apps save users 53 minutes a day, while email saves people 35 minutes.

5. 20% of people who use email programs say that they are extremely "productive" using these programs.

The report's investigators believe that the reality shows that mobile technology innovation has only touched the surface of success and is just getting started both in personal life and in business.

Smartphones are not just for personal use. For example, among users of GPS and email apps, 20% said they use the apps primarily for work, while about a third said they use them equally for work and personal life.

20% of respondents said they do not use all the features of their smartphones.