The brand of phone you buy can say a thing or two about your income and lifestyle, and now a new test has discovered it may also indicate how intelligent you are too, according to Ladbrokes’ survey reported by Mainonline.
A thousand smartphone users were challenged to take a series of online brain teasers designed to test their mental agility, which Nigeria CommunicationsWeek correspondent later tested.
iPhone users were found to have the quickest wits of all, completing the test in 94 seconds, on average, while BlackBerry users were the slowest at 118 seconds.
The test was carried out by UK bookmaker Ladbrokes who picked the participants from a list of people who use its smartphone app.
The Test of Wits is made up of seven brainteasers designed to test problem solving skills, pattern recognition and code cracking.
Each question has four possible answers and a participant has to select the correct answer before moving onto the next teaser.
Example questions include: How many 9s are there between 1 and 100: a) 19 ( b) 20 (c) 9 (d) 1 (e) 14.
Another is how many months have 28 daysL( a) 1 (b) 12 (c) 24 (d) 10.
Each user is asked to select their make of handset before completing the test, and a timer in the top right-hand corner records their speed.
In second place were Google Nexus owners, who completed the test just five seconds slower, on average, than top place Apple.
Although the fastest test of all was completed by a Samsung owner, at just 47 seconds, the group as a whole were in third place with an average completion time of 103 seconds.
HTC owners were fourth with an average time of 105 seconds, while people with Nokia handsets scored 109 seconds.
A study in August 2013 had found that iPhone owners are vainer and spend more on clothes and grooming than those who have BlackBerrys and Android phones.
BlackBerry owners earn the most and are more likely to have long-term relationships, while people with Android handsets have the best manners and are handy in the kitchen.
The study, commissioned by TalkTalk Mobile, surveyed 2,000 owners of the three major smartphone brands to determine whether the choice of handset was an extension of their personality.