囧調查 四成人不在意手機能否接電話

Making a call is now only the sixth most common use for a mobile phone, a study has found.
一項研究發現，在智能手機的常用功能中，打電話只能位居第六。

Sending and receiving text messages, reading emails, browsing the internet and using the phone’s alarm clock have all overtaken actual conversation.
收發短信，查郵件，瀏覽網頁，定鬧鐘等等功能的重要性已經超過了實際的通話功能。

In fact, almost four in ten smartphone users believe they would manage without a call function on their handset at all.
事實上，有四成的智能手機用戶稱，就算他們的手機上沒有通話功能，他們也能在生活中應付自如。

The study found the average person uses their mobile phone for an hour and 52 minutes a day.
該研究發現，人們使用手機的時間一般爲每天一小時52分鐘。

Most of this time is taken up with texting, emails and surfing the web, but around 20 minutes will be spent making an average of three calls.
大多數的時間都花在收發短信，收發郵件，瀏覽網頁上，人們平均每天只打三個電話，畫上大概20分鐘的時間。

The survey of 2,000 people found that social media apps, calculators, calendars and cameras were also seen as particularly important functions.
這項對2000人進行的調查發現，社交網絡應用，計算器，日曆和相機也被人們視爲非常重要的手機功能。

Navigation apps such as Google Maps were popular too – with one in six respondents admitting they would feel unable to travel around an unfamiliar city without one.
谷歌地圖之類的導航應用也非常受歡迎——1/6的受訪者承認，如果沒有導航應用的話，他們在陌生的城市會寸步難行。

The study also found checking Facebook and taking pictures of others are carried out more frequently than making calls.
研究還發現，上人人網，給旁人拍照等應用的使用頻率也超過打電話。

Also on the list were the calendar to remember appointments and birthdays, mobile banking and the news are applications that make day-to-day life a little easier.
在常用功能的清單上還有日曆應用，它可以提醒人們記住約會，親友生日等特殊的日子，手機理財和新聞等應用也會使我們的日常生活變得更加便捷。

Tom Barr, Hailo’s chief executive, said: ‘The functions on a smartphone have developed and improved drastically over the past decade.
海銠機電的首席執行官，湯姆·巴爾稱：“在過去的數十年裏，智能手機上的功能不斷髮展，經歷了劇烈的變革。”

‘With so many ways to keep in touch nowadays, people are using the functions that are convenient for we get less and less time to ourselves, we need more convenience in our lives and less hassle. While calling can be more personal, it doesn’t always save you time.’
“現在人們相互聯繫的方法非常之多，人們會想要用方便的方法和他人聯繫。隨着人們的私人時間越來越少，我們都希望生活中多點便捷，少點麻煩。打電話雖然更爲親近，但是卻比較耗時間。”