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The mobile telephone is one of the great inventions of humankind – the ease of communication with anybody, anywhere at anytime.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Along with faster, larger and more efficient travel, the mobile phone has helped shrink the world to a point where you can live, work and socialise in different time zones if you so please.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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You’d think then, with all this power at our fingertips, Gen Z would be spending every waking hour on phones calling people and having a good natter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/p>\n Well, it turns out, as per a new study, Gen Z are not taking phone calls, and they have a decent reason for it too.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Meanwhile, 53 per cent said that unexpected phone calls feel instrusive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n The study asked 9,482 Gen Zs aged 18-30 across the UK, US, Latin America and Europe about their mobile phone calling habits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Basically, if you’re trying to get in touch with someone under the age of 30, better to send them an email or leave a voice note.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Gen Z don’t want to take your calls. Adobe Stock. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n While older generations are much more likely to pick up the phone, they may look at this data and extract the opinion that younger people are ruder and less courteous. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n However, the real issue isn’t a culture change, but an equipment one.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Phones have developed so much since their inception in the 1870s that what they ressemble now can barely be called a ‘telephone’.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n In fact, based on the usage split of these devices, the name is purely hereditary and we should be calling them evil personal assistant rectangles – or something like that.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n The reality is, the telephone function on our devices now are only rarely used for calls and there exist a multitude of ways to contact people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Meanwhile, many can feel like a phone call is intrusive, while a text provides a softer approach.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n It’s the difference between someone knocking on your door and just barging straight on in.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Sure, there’s probably a bit of angst involved in there too, but it mostly comes from a feeling among much of Gen Z that in a world of shouty adverts, shouty bosses and shouty families, they have a right to be left in peace sometimes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Throw in the amount of scammers and cold callers grifting out there and you can understand why you’d just rather get someone to text you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n In fact, the survey found that 64 per cent of respondents would rather just get a little message instead of a call.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Other than maybe developing a fear of the voice call, it’s probably not that deep really.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n In a world where companies and organisations are stripping back their communication teams from rooms full of people to a handful of overworked people and haggling with an algorithmic chat bot called Glen it’s not like the average Gen Z will be missing out on much.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n If you’ve ever tried to call your local council, doctors or bank you know it can often take upwards of an hour to speak to a real human, so even the important stuff is happening in slow motion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n It’s also situational, if you know you’ve recently applied for a job or had a GP appointment, you know you might be getting a call soon, so you’ll be more likely to pick up if you’re called.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Gen Z still talk to each other, there’s the ever-increasingly popular voice note, texts, social media messaging, and comment sections just to name some of the ways people still interact.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Look, to sum it all up, there is one phrase which rings true among most of Gen Z: “If it’s that important, they’ll ring again.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Win \u20ac\/\u00a31,000 in our FREE Win-Lose-Draw Predictor<\/strong> <\/p>\n In JOE’s new Premier League Win-Lose-Draw Predictor, you can prove your footballing nous up against your mates, while also being in with a chance of winning \u20ac1,000\/\u00a31,000 each week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n And if no users predict all results correctly, EVERY player who submitted an entry will be placed into a random prize draw for the \u20ac1,000\/\u00a31,000.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Two players came within an inch of winning the jackpot last week with 9\/10 right – play below for this weekend’s fixtures! It takes just a few minutes to enter…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\nThree quarters of Gen Z knowingly ignore calls from unknown contacts<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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