INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The 2018 Deloitte Mobile Consumer Survey has revealed that 39% of Australians think they use their phones too much, while 26% of Aussies
liveOut of the 2,000 Australians surveyed, almost a quarter of the participants said they were watching more video content on their phones
the rise in the number of people watching live TV on their handsets; 23% of respondents said they watch live TV each week on their phones
This number is up from 19% in 2017 and just 6% in 2016.Calling out loudAccording to this 2018 survey, smartphone ownership Down Under is at
its highest, with 89% of Aussie currently owning a handset
However, that's only a 1% increase from last year.With the spread of smartphone use at its highest, the survey also found that 16% of
that 23% more Australians are using fingerprint authentication on their phones instead of passwords as compared to last year
This includes a rise of 53% in the use of fingerprint authorisation for mobile payments and an increase of 67% using fingerprint technology
to authorise money transfers."The smartphone is becoming even more central to the way we work (70% of us use smartphones for work, while 90%
of businesses rank a connected work place in their top priorities), the way we access entertainment and how we carry out our daily lives,"
the expanding world of voice assistants, streaming services, smart home technologies, the ways people pay for goods and services, and even
the ways they monitor their daily health," he added
"The impact of replacing a handset can now have significant influence on the services we access, which is another reason people are changing
