SMF For Cell Phone Savvy Guy

Another cell phone related survey – conducted by Samsung – was released this week, this one detailing the habits of “single mobile females”? (or SMFs). We think the results may be useful for “single mobile males.”?

The “SMF”? subset, defined as young single women who have cell phones, are among the most savvy consumers of wireless products, and rely on their phones to play numerous roles – including, as a Samsung marketing VP cleverly noted, “pocket-size detective, matchmaker, and wing-woman.”?

To wit: more than two-thirds of the women surveyed no longer rely on traditional address books, preferring to organize and store information on a cell phone. Three out of every four respondents look at their phone, rather than their watch, to get the time.

When it comes to dating, you’d better have a good-looking cell phone if you hope to woo an SMF. Thirty-two percent of young women say they “can tell a good amount about a person”? based on the kind of cell phone that person carries; 12% say they would be less likely to date someone with a “big and bulky cell phone.”? And nearly half (48%) will readily flirt with someone they are interested in via text message.

But be wary, guys – an overwhelming majority (70%) of young women admitted “snooping”? on their significant other’s cell phone to keep tabs on calls or text messages. And nearly four out of ten of the survey participants will “fake technical difficulties”? to avoid you if they’re not interested (I imagine that works both ways, though).

The lesson here for men? Carry a sophisticated cell phone and work on your text messaging skills.