2012: Age of the iStudent

24123 Age of the iStudent Student ownership of technology & gadgets in 2012 The cost of gadgets to students The average student takes t1981 of hi-tech belongings to university Student ownership of gadgets 16% 49% 58%O ...... 10% 60% 9% 80% 9% 86% 5% Smartphone ownership growth: 55% 80% 2011 2012 Average value of digital text books owned f152 46% Musical ownership: CDs taken to Uni in f500 Digital music 2011 32% £339 average owns 2012 Keeping in touch with home 79% have taught parents to use Skype 79% Security Gadget protection: 1 in 5 students have had their 46% email and computer lost, stolen or damaged at university 37% Facebook 46%37% 1 in 5 students never back up their data Connection 48% of student households have Ö or more gadgets connected to Wi-Fi at any one time Time spent online 54% of students spend more than 6 hours per day connected to the Internet 30% of male students spend over 10 hours a day connected to the internet 87% Spend most of their time at university online Proportion of students who would rather have better gadgets than clothes. .. 30% 20% of males of females Sources: Endsleigh Insurance 2012 Possessions Study www.endsleigh.co.uk BT Infinity/Studentbeans.com June 2012 www.studentbeans.com/info/49.pdf comet