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Android users get luckier: survey

By: Derek Abma

Posted: 02/4/2012 1:00 AM | Comments: 0 (including replies)

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CANADIAN singles who use Android phones are more likely to have sex on a first date and partake in one-night stands, in comparison to those with other types of smartphones, according to a results of a survey.

The survey, conducted by polling firm Zoomerang for dating website Match.com., found 62 per cent of singles it asked who use Android devices, have had sex on a first date, compared with 57 per cent of iPhone users and 48 per cent of BlackBerry users.

At 55 per cent, Android users also were the most likely to have one-night stands. According to the survey results, 50 per cent of iPhone users have had a one-night stand and 47.6 per cent of Blackberry users said also they had had a one-night stand.

Android users also were the most active visitors of dating websites, at 72 per cent. That compared to 58 per cent of those with iPhones and 50 per cent of people who have BlackBerrys.

Those with an iPhone were most likely to date a co-worker, with nearly a quarter of such singles saying they've had a workplace romance within the last five years.

BlackBerry users -- at 72 per cent -- were the most likely to drink alcohol on a first date.

The survey found 75 per cent all these singles indicate that email and texting had "significantly improved their dating life."

"Thanks to social networking and online dating, our love lives and our digital lives have never been more intertwined," Match.com said in release about its survey.

Still, it had a few warnings about dating in this high-tech environment: don't get distracted by your cellphone while on a date; don't be too quick to make your new love interest a Facebook friend; don't use a social network to introduce your new mate to friends and family; and sometimes actually call the person rather than sending email or texts.

The results were based on Internet surveys conducted with 1,068 Canadian singles from Oct. 13 to 15. No margin of error was provided.

-- Postmedia News

Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition February 4, 2012 G3

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