Smartphone growth creating etiquette challenges


  • TECH
  • Thursday, 27 Aug 2015

Generation gap: Unsurprisingly, younger adults between the ages of 18 and 29 are most tolerant of public mobile device usage, with 90% of this group saying phone use on public transportation is acceptable compared with 54% of people 65 and older.

WASHINGTON: It’s OK to use your smartphone walking down the street or on public transportation. But not at a family dinner. And definitely not in church. 

Users of mobile devices are struggling to find the rules of the road for how and when to use the devices around others, but a survey out Aug 26 shows a surprising consensus. 

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