The other day, I was reading an article by David Perell on Riding the Writing Wave. The article is about developing a writing regime and improving your productivity and quality as a writer. It’s worth taking a look at if you’re interested in such things but that’s not what this post is about.
In the article, Perell states, as an aside, that “Most people read on their smartphones.” That struck me as odd because I hardly ever read on my phone. The only times I have is when I unexpectedly got stuck waiting for something. If I’m expecting to have to wait around, I’ll bring my iPad and use that to read.
Of course—as the Minions are fond of reminding me—I may be a bit of an outlier so I polled my immediate family. All but one of them said they hardly ever read on their phones. The one who does is an Android user unlike the rest of us who have iPhones. That’s a tiny unrepresentative sample, of course, so I thought I’d ask my larger, Irreal family about it. Do you regularly read on your smart phone? If you do, is it an iPhone or an Android?
The reason I ask about your type of phone is that I’ve formed a tentative theory that Android users are more apt to read on their phones because they probably don’t have iPads to use instead. Arguing against that theory is the fact that my family who does use a phone for reading (a) uses an Android tablet for reading in bed and (b) does have an iPad, although it’s never used for reading.
None of this is the slightest bit important but I did get curious. If you have something to say on the matter, please leave a comment.