Android or iPhone? The choice depends on your character… – rmf24.pl

smart phones are not as an important element of our everyday life that has increasingly become a reflection of our self – say British scientists. The results of their studies, published in the journal “Cyberpsychology, Behaviour and Social Networking” even indicate that the choice of machines with specific software system is an expression of certain qualities of our character. And so, the owners of models with Android OS, as a rule, uczciwsi from owners of iPhones.

Devices running Android and iOS dominate about 90%. the global smartphone market. In the UK their popularity is almost identical. Although their functionality is comparable, the advertising campaign seems to promote them to a few other recipients. Psychologists at the Lancaster University and University of Lincoln decided to test empirically whether there are differences between users of both systems really have. It turned out that Yes.

the study involved 500 volunteers, users, cameras for both systems, which were asked to complete a series of questionnaires in which the questions referred to both themselves and their relation to the ownership of smartphones.

it Turned out that iPhone users on average are younger, more than twice as likely to… women who see their phone as an expression of a certain status and have no problem with the fact that you choose a device that is very popular among others. They are more emotional, determined as often as extroverts. Owners of phones with Android is, meanwhile, often men, people on average a little older, uczciwsze, more compatible, nieskore to violations of the rules for their own benefit. It is less concerned with money and high social status.

our Results show for the first time that the choice of the operating system of the smartphone can reveal a lot of information about the identity of the owner and some of his personal qualities, – says the author Dr. David Ellis from Lancaster University. All the more evident that smart phones become a mini digital version of us – adds Heather Shaw of the University of Lincoln. Many of us don’t feel comfortable when someone uses our smartphone because he really can tell a lot about us – continues.