Mobile Hands: What Your Phone Use Says About You

Authors

Parker Williams, Brigham Young University
Jeff Jenkins, Brigham Young University

Keywords

mobile phones, information systems, indecision and fraud, smartphones

College

Marriott School of Business

Department

Information Systems

Abstract

The percentage of individuals using mobile phones to respond to online applications, forms, and surveys is predicted to rapidly increase in the future. As of June 2, 2015, there were an estimated 2.6 billion smartphones in use in the world; by 2020 there will be 6.1 billion smartphones in use. Smartphones will account for roughly 80% of all mobile driven data traffic by 2020 (Lunden, 2015). With the proliferation of smartphones, measuring the fidelity of information gathered from and about the user becomes extremely important. Smartphones are a rich source of behavioral and biometric information, gathering data about how the person is moving, where the person is, the biometrics of the person, and how a user is answering questions.

Recommended Citation

Williams, Parker and Jenkins, Jeff (2017) "Mobile Hands: What Your Phone Use Says About You," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2017: Iss. 1, Article 256.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2017/iss1/256