SMS-related injuries becoming more prevalant in the UK
by Evan Blass 
posted Feb 23rd 2006 at 11:12AM
It seems that the British aren't taking full advantage of the handy T9 predictive text entry feature on their
phones, as Reuters is reporting that a record 3.8 million Brits suffered from a repetitive stress injury caused by
fervent texting in the past year. Furthermore, 38% more people experienced a messaging-related RSI in 2005 than five
years earlier, and 10% of the population send up to 100 texts every day. These statistics come from a survey
commissioned by Virgin Mobile, who may live to regret it once they get hit with the first wave of SMS injury-related
lawsuits. It looks like the souped-up XT9 couldn't have
debuted at a better moment in history.[Via textually]
Filed under: Messaging, Virgin Mobile
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Amarjeet Rai @ Feb 23rd 2006 1:30PM
That's good I don't SMS anyway!
Ortonauta @ Feb 23rd 2006 2:48PM
Interesting. Must notice that the picture of the X-ray included, belongs to a high energy trauma to the hand, causing a fracture on the middle phalanx, extremely unlike from SMS typing, unless you get very angry and beat up your phone. This is a bit of sensationalism, that can lead to misinformation of the public.
Dave @ Feb 23rd 2006 3:27PM
"10% of the population send up to 100 texts every day"
Up to? I.e. less than. That's very strange wordage.
I doubt 10% of UK texters send over 100 texts a day. I get 500 free texts a month in my contract, which is one of the highest you can get. That's under a fith of the quote.