The psychology of SMS: Why we still love to text?

• 92% of Smartphone users still text despite access to IM and social networking messaging services • 18-25 year olds send more text – on average 133 text messages per week – almost double any other age group. Texting helps development – young adults used to talk on the phone now they text more • Men communicate via text more than women, but send shorter messages indicating they see it as a ‘functional’ way to correspond • Women are more likely to send long messages and say I love you....