Drunken mobile use costs Brits £638m a year

Apology texts, app purchases, shopping and so on after guzzling a few Britney Spears.
Non-UK folk would be right to be concerned for the British - recent data has shown that 62 per cent of women in the region have used mobiles during sex.
As if that's not bad enough, ten per cent of festival-attending bright sparks tape a note to mobiles in case of loss.
giffgaff now claims that using a mobile while drunk costs Brits £638 million a year. This is comprised of 75 per cent calling international/premium numbers, 70 per cent sending apology texts and making financial promises, 68 per cent shopping online and taking out payday loans.
Around 90 per cent of those surveyed were smartphone users, which means access to potentially expensive technologies like app stores, retail sites and 3G/4G connectivity.
More than 400 million drunken mobile conversations are estimated to take place each year, with
27 per cent of respondents sending drunk texts – the most popular comms method – followed by social media messaging at 17 per cent.
35 per cent of people had contacting their friends while under the influence, but 11 per cent had contacted an ex and three per cent had contacted their boss.
Additionally, 54 per cent of recipients sent a message to someone else other than the intended recipient. Just 12 per cent of people said they never used mobile communications when hammered.
The mobile booze combo caused 34 per cent to have disagreements and 11 per cent had broken up with a partner because of a drunken message.

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