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Americans spend almost an hour a day on their smartphones, most of it social

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New data from Experian, who sampled 12,770 American smartphone owners, reveals that the average person spends 58 minutes a day using their phone, with the majority of that usage social.

On average, smartphone owners devote 26% of the time they spend on their phone talking and another 20% texting. Social networking eats up 16% of smartphone time while browsing the mobile web accounts for 14% of time spent. Emailing and playing games account for roughly 9% and 8% of daily smartphone time, respectively, while use of the phone’s camera and GPS each take up another 2% of our smartphone day …
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