1) A survey of 600 smartphone users found that in 2014, text messaging was the most popular mobile activity, with 41% of users preferring it over phone calls. 2) Younger users aged 18-29 were most likely to use their devices for texting, with nearly 60% selecting it as their preferred mobile activity. Only 44% of those aged 30-44 chose texting over calls. 3) For users aged 45-60, making phone calls (45%) was still slightly more popular than texting (28%).