Revealed: Time UAE residents spend on their smartphones during holidays

UAE holidays-goers this summer will spend up to a staggering 26 hours a week on their smartphone, said a new survey.

A third of UAE residents will spend upwards of an hour a day taking pictures on their phones, with more than one third spending between 20 to 40 minutes a day checking and posting on social media, said the survey, conducted by Huawei honor.

Where once the camera was the most important travel accessory, nine in ten people in the UAE now believe their smartphone is more essential, demonstrating how important a consumer’s device is as part of their lifestyle.

Chris Sunbaigong, VP of Huawei honor Middle East, said: “The fact that holiday-makers will spend up to half of their week on their smartphones even surprised us. What doesn’t surprise us however, is how important smartphones are as an extension of people’s lifestyles.”

The research suggests that there is a significant difference in smartphone behaviour between UAE and Saudi holiday-makers. It highlighted that people in Saudi mostly use their smartphones for gaming and making calls when on holiday, however taking photos was still the number one in terms of usage.

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