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People love their mobile phones

Updated Dec 19th, 2018 5:51PM EST
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How much money would someone have to pay you in order for you to give up your cell phone? According to a poll by Britain’s Carphone Warehouse, the average answer is a whole lot more than you’d think. The popular retailer discovered that 1 in 3 people wouldn’t give up their cell phone for 1 Million pounds, roughly the equivalent of $2 Million  Whoa. 76% of respondents believed that it was a “social requirement” to have a mobile phone. Social requirement? How about a business requirement? $2 Million is mighty tempting, but at the end of the day I think we’d rather hold on to the fleet of 9xxx BlackBerrys that just came in HTC Kaiser than risk social leper status.

[Via Gizmodo]

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Josh Karp Distinguished Fellow

Josh Karp followed his love of technology since a kid through to the present day. As a Special Correspondent at BGR, and part of the first editorial team, Josh covers press conferences, trade shows and other events around the world. An expert in all things mobile, Josh has more than eighteen years of experience covering the wireless industry.