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Carriers, Plans, Roaming, Peak Minutes, Night & Weekend Minutes: What does it all mean? More importantly, how can you find the best deal?
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The Numbers
| 80 |
Percent of tweens and teens ages 12 to 17 who own a cell phones in the U.S.
Source: CBS News citing a Sept 2008 Harris survey.
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| 18 |
The average number of months a person keeps a cell phone before buying a new cell phone.
Source: Pulliam-Weston, Liz, “3 ways to toss an old cell phone,” MSN Money, September 11, 2006.
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| 44,000 |
The number of cell phones, residents of the state of California throw away every day.
Source: Pulliam-Weston, Liz, “3 ways to toss an old cell phone,” MSN Money, September 11, 2006.
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| 130,000 |
The number of cell phones exchanged each month on eBay each month.
Source: Pulliam-Weston, Liz, “3 ways to toss an old cell phone,” MSN Money, September 11, 2006.
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| 246 |
246 million. The number of cell phone subscribers in 2008 in the USA; in March 0f 2008 India surpassed the US in number of cell phone users and now is second in the world to China. |
| 4 |
4 billion worldwide. The projected number of cell phone subscribers around the world in 2008. UN Survey 2008 |
| 459 |
Minutes used by the average American cell phone user per month. African-American and Hispanic consumers use the cell phone the most among ethinic groups. Generation Y users (age 18-24) use their cell phones the most among age groups: 1300 total voice minutes per month. Telphia Customer Value Metrics 2005 |
| 63 |
$63 is the average monthly cell phone bill according to a recent JD Power survey 2008. For intensive users the average bill is $77. |
| 1742 |
average number of monthly text messages being sent by teenagers. Teens in 2008 text more than they talk. Text messaging has increased 450% since 2006. CNET.com Sept 2008. |
| 76 |
Percent of teen-agers age 15 to 17 who carry the latest in wireless technology. Teens feel that cell phones have become a vital part of their identity and believe that they can guage a peer's popularity by the phone he is using. CTIA & Harris survey Set 2008. |
| 50 |
Percentage of kids between the ages of 8 to 12 who own cell phones in the US. Neilsen survey 2008. |
| 30 |
Percent of teenagers who admit to texting while driving! Car crashes are the leading cause of death among American teens. Is any text message worth that risk?. Allstate Insurance study, 2009. |
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