So is this true? IS IT????

Men display mobile phones to find a date: UK study
By Tom Wilkinson on 13 November 2006

While peacocks display their plumage to attract a mate and rival stags lock horns, modern man is increasingly reaching for his mobile phone to impress the opposite sex, researchers in the UK revealed today.

Having the latest handset is as important as driving the right car, or wearing the correct designer labels for players in today's mating game, a study from Sheffield Hallam University has revealed.

Researchers observing men and women in restaurants, bars, coffee shops, shopping centres and pubs found the different sexes use their phones differently.

Men seemed to believe phones with gadgets such as video cameras, MP3 players or fast Internet links will make them more desirable to women.

The study, part of a two-year link-up with Virgin Mobile, also used focus groups and questionnaires and found that in social situations men actively display their phones and its capabilities in a bid to look important and popular.

While it was suggested that this is done primarily to attract females, it was also used to show off and gain status with other men in their peer group.

Dr Simeon Yates, Director of the Cultural, Communication and Computing Research Institute at Sheffield Hallam University, said: "The first results reveal key differences in how men and women use their mobiles.

"We have found that men put their mobiles on show a great deal of the time when in public.

"One interpretation of this is that mobile phones are used as a vehicle to impress women and show off to other men."

Jo Baker, of Virgin Mobile, said: "We have always known that mobile phones play an important part of the mating and dating game.

"It's no massive surprise to know that their status has grown to that of a key pulling aid."

it is not really impressive
maybe it is to the clingy types who need men to call them in all situations and stuff. yknow
who knows.. maybe you should test it out for a week thumbscrew, and type up the findings?

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hahahah maybe i should!

If you walk around with a work phone and personal phone at the same time, does that mean you can pick up two chicks at once?

aha yeah, probably
take out 7, you'll have a date each night of the week

i wonder what would happen if you went out with a fax machine, now that would be worth researching

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i've noticed that guys do this
they're extremely obvious about it
i bet they think it will plant an idea in a girl's head for her to ask for his phone #
problem is, if thats the case and it were to work she would have to either interupt him or wait till he gets off the phone
so its really very stupid
not very impressive imo
and its equally ridiculous to compete w/ other guys that way
sometimes guys do the dumbest things
i like the comparisons that were made to wild animals
its so true
and they are just making asses out of themselves really

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should i choose a noble occupation
if i did i'd only show up late and sick
and they would stare at me with hatred
plus my only natural talent's wasted

I'm not sure if they do it to remind people to ask for their number, i think it's more of a status thing, where they think that because they have the latest phone, a female will think he is "well off" in terms of money, and thus has brains, which also can imply that he could be a good "provider" for a potential female candidate.

That's the impression i get anyway.

ive noticed that the second class lets out, almost every single person gets on their phone. i bet they are talking to their mothers.

but you can usually see that sort of thing by looking at someone even if you don't see their phone
its just stupid
i'm not gonna take the time to inspect what sort of phone someone has
and when i hear them trying to brag about ringtones or whatever i just tune out

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should i choose a noble occupation
if i did i'd only show up late and sick
and they would stare at me with hatred
plus my only natural talent's wasted

haha
lol

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should i choose a noble occupation
if i did i'd only show up late and sick
and they would stare at me with hatred
plus my only natural talent's wasted

so then thumbscrew what mobile phone do you have?

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no no never say maybe to smack bunny baby again.

I barely even carry it on me, I couldnt care less about it. I find people really need to just leave their phones alone every now and then.

It's more annoyingly geeky than anything else.

yeah that's whats so funny about it, they don't know you know that, so they think that by making it "subtle" and showing off their phone, they are sending out the signal, when in reality, they just make themselves look stupid.. They also don't know if you find them attractive, so they think that if enough girls see how well-off they are, eventually they are going to come across one who thinks they do look attractive. So they think that they will eventually be approached because the potential partner will think he is attractive and a good provider.

an old one

mm "desirable"

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hahaha I couldn't help but notice I was being followed by a bevvy of girls the other day while I was walking down the street and talking on the phone, but then I gave my friend back his phone and they started following him instead.

ahah, clearly you should make the "big investment" then!

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no no never say maybe to smack bunny baby again.

quite contrived utter bullshit ..

maybe it works on the teenagers
to me, its not subtle or attractive

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should i choose a noble occupation
if i did i'd only show up late and sick
and they would stare at me with hatred
plus my only natural talent's wasted

It didn't actually happen, I made that story up

people who have to have the latest phone ie the razor and rush out and buy it are lame