mobiphobia

October 28, 2009 at 7:52 am Leave a comment

They wouldn’t be caught dead with a mobile phone – meet some of the people who have so far withstood the call of the mobile phone, literally. The NYT reports they border on the insignificant, but form an interesting percentage.

The march of the phone meanwhile continues, undeterred.

Though many cellphone owners express growing displeasure about cellphones’ intrusions into their lives, according to Pew, a tiny and most likely shrinking number actually manage to resist them completely.

“Ambivalent networkers bristle at all their gadget-facilitated connectivity, but don’t give it up,” Mr. Horrigan said. “The cell refuseniks are making a statement that they control their availability.”