This is what 17% of Singaporeans would rather do than to lose their mobile phones, a survey of mobile phone owners in Singapore found.
Other noxious things that these 17% of mobile phone owners were willing to put themselves through – rather than lose their mobile phones – include getting a root canal and eating rotten eggs.
In fact, “32 percent of Singaporeans would rather lose their childhood photographs than lose their mobile phones,” the Norton Mobile Survey found.
The Norton Mobile Survey is based on research conducted in January 2011 by The Leading Edge, an independent market research firm, on behalf of Symantec Corporation. The Leading Edge conducted an online survey among 500 adults, between the ages 18 and 54, within each of the following six markets: Singapore, India, Australia, Taiwan, China and Japan.
The Singapore sample size comprised the following:
| Gender | Percentage of 500 respondents |
|---|---|
| Female | 51% |
| Male | 49% |
| Age Group | |
| 45 to 54 years old | 26% |
| 35 to 44 years old | 34% |
| 25 to 34 years old | 27% |
| 18 to 24 years old | 13% |
| Phone Type | |
| Standard mobile phones | 42% |
| Smartphones | 58% |
| Apps on Smartphones | |
| Average free Apps | 23 |
| Average paid Apps | 3 |
