At least six out of every 10 Brazilians often use smartphones for professional purposes even outside working hours. On the other hand, more than 70% solve personal issues through the appliance during office hours.
The conclusion of study conducted by Deloitte in 22 countries; in Brazil were heard 2000 people. Of these, 33% say that "very often" working remotely from the smartphone. For other 30%, the practice is frequent.
Partner-industry-leading technology, media and telecommunications consulting, Marcia Ogawa upgraded the stance as a "symbiosis". According to her, the trend-which should still grow-guard both positive as negative. "Many companies are doing the move to make professionals can use mobile phones [during office hours] for the purposes of increased productivity or to give greater flexibility to the worker", assessed. The practice, however, can generate an unwanted distraction environment: according to Deloitte, the Brazilians that "very often" use your smartphone for personal purposes during working hit 39 percent. Other 37% do the same with frequency. Already 43% admit distraction of professional functions on the use of the appliance. Such an attitude among Brazilians still points to the overuse of mobile devices – which, according to Deloitte, worried about their own users. Among women, 55% believe using the smartphone in excess against 44% among men. In the case of the age group between 18 and 24 years, 60% do the same diagnosis. " Intensive use of mobile will be powered with the arrival of the 5 g ", scored Marcia Ogawa. "This is a path of no return. Devices according to Deloitte, the smartphone is "by far" the most used appliance in the country. In 2018, the penetration of the device reached 92% (high annual five percentage points). Then the notebooks (70%) and desktops (64%). In the case of smart TVs, also reached 64% penetration in 2018; in 2015, only 28 percent were counting on the appliance. Deloitte Research still pointed to a growth in popularity of domestic solutions of internet of things (IoT). " We are realizing the IoT entering homes. [Such as] connected surveillance systems were not as evident in Brazil, but are starting to get ", Marcia Ogawa. Among the respondents of Deloitte, 14% claimed to possess the technology, compared to 11% a year ago. The same jump was registered between appliances intelligent (of 11% to 14%) and the connected lighting systems (5% to 7%). In the case of tesmostatos, it was not observed increase in use. Applications Between the apps, the champion of popularity in the country was the controversial WhatsApp: 80% of Brazilians have said access to messaging tool at least once an hour. Then came Facebook, with 52% reporting such frequency. In 2018, the applications that have registered a drop in frequency of use were Facebook Messenger ( -2 percentage points), Skype ( -1 p.p.) and Snap ( -1 p.p.). On the other side, the Instagram won nine percentage points in popularity, according to Deloitte. The jump was driven by the success of the tool Stories.
DCI - 19/10/2018
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