article_snippet.sent: Nearly one in four teenagers are ‘almost constantly’ online as Nearly one in four teenagers lives are swallowed up ever more by Nearly one in four teenagers mobile phones, a study has revealed.
article_snippet.sent: Some 24 per cent of 13 to 17-year-olds admitted Some were continuously checking Some devices, including when Some were at school.
article_snippet.sent: a study was carried out on American teenagers but the findings would likely be worse in the UK as more British teenagers own smartphones than more British teenagers US counterparts.
article_snippet.sent: The Pew Research Centre asked 1,060 children aged between 13 and 17 about The Pew Research Centre phone habits.
article_snippet.sent: The report found that what Pew described as a  ‘frenzy of access’ was facilitated by mobile phones - particularly smartphones.
article_snippet.sent: Of the 92 per cent of teens who went online every day, more than half said that meant using the 92 per cent of teens who went online every day, more than half phones several times a day.
article_snippet.sent: Some 12 per cent admitted to using a gadget once a day, six per cent said six per cent went online just once a week and a mere two per cent said it was less than that.
article_snippet.sent: Phone ownership was almost ubiquitous among young people, meaning Phone ownership grow up used to being able to access anything any time Phone ownership want.
article_snippet.sent: The study, which was conducted by researchers at Yahoo Labs and the University of Southern California found that nearly three-quarters of teens have access to a smartphone.
article_snippet.sent: Some 30 per cent have a basic phone and just 12 per cent of 13 to 17-year-olds have no phone of any kind.
article_snippet.sent: Smartphone users check Smartphone users devices an average of 150 times a day as Smartphone users cannot bear to be apart from Smartphone users, one research paper showed.
article_snippet.sent: The study showed that we are so addicted to their mobiles that we cannot go 10 minutes without fiddling around with their.
highlights_snippet.sent: Nearly three-quarters of teens have or have access to a smartphone .