No place like phone

The UK public has never been more addicted to smartphones, says Deloitte, in its sixth annual Mobile Consumer Survey, titled There’s no place like phone. It analyses the mobile usage habits of more than 4,000 UK consumers.
According to the audit firm’s research, a fifth (21 per cent) of all smartphone users in the UK are now using their fingerprints for a range of authentication-based applications, from unlocking their phones to approving transactions. Three-quarters (76pc) of those