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Cell Phone Use Dropping

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The number of calls made on mobile phones has fallen for the first time, according to new research.

The figures suggest that the novelty of constantly being in touch is finally starting to fade.
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I don't think that's it at all. I think there are other factors at play:
  • Movies are more expensive to go to now. And big HD TV's are getting less and less expensive. More people stay at home for their entertainment. Fewer people at movies = fewer cell phone calls.
  • Gasoline is much more expensive than it was two years ago. As a result, more people are taking public transportation. Fewer drivers = fewer cell phone calls.
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BPSCG said:
...more people are taking public transportation. Fewer drivers = fewer cell phone calls.
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I suspect that you don't travel on public transportation, and have therefore never had anyone bellowing "I'M ON THE TRAIN!" next to your ear.
 
I know in the UK the explosion in the use of SMS "texting" has apparently lead to a drop in the number of mobile phone calls, is something similar at play here?

Or is it that all of the most prolific mobile phone users have finally been beaten to death by their fellow commuters, after shouting the phrase "I'm on the train" just once too often?

ETA Dammit Mojo, STAY OUT OF MY BRAIN!
 
Because everyone was phoning so much, they were all getting everyone else's voicemail. And nobody had time to call back voicemail messages because they were on the phone too much anyway (to people's voicemail), so people were calling even more to leave more messages, but these were not getting picked up. The result was a classic "J-curve" binge then crash in phone calls.

I believe that my theory is rigorous and satisfies the evidence. I think it will be called the "voicemail event horizon".
 
It should be mandatory that people take a cell phone etiquette course every time they get one. I suspect that cell phone use is dropping because of people like me who yell at idiots in the movie theatre to "turn that f-----g thing off !!! ".
 
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Last time I went to a movie (and it still is and always will be the last time), some brat was talking on his cell phone through the whole movie. What was he talking about? What was going on in the movie, scene by scene.

People are damn lucky I don't get to decide who lives and who dies.
 
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