80% of Brits with iPhones Use it for News

comScore has released some data regarding iPhone usage in the UK. According to its research, 80% of British iPhone owners used the device to access news or other information in January. This compares to 48% of all other smartphone users and 20% of all mobile consumers.

Seventy-five percent used their iPhone to access e-mail, an activity that is only enjoyed by 35.4% of other smartphone users and 13.1% of mobile users at large.

Other popular activities for the iPhone include:

* Listening to music: 65.6%

* Accessing news or info via a downloaded application: 55.6%

* Checking the weather: 55.5%

* Searching the Web: 55.1%

* Visiting a social network: 54.8%

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