What is the longest amount of time that you would let pass and still turn back to your home if you realized you had forgotten your wireless mobile device?
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Wireless mobile technology consumers including a small sample of elites**
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
* The global online survey was conducted with 4,700 respondents in 7 countries. Part of the sample in each country included 'elites'. Sample sizes were as follows; The United States (n=1,000, elites: n=100), Brazil (n=500, elites: n=100), China (n=500, elites: n=100), India (n=500, elites: n=100), Indonesia (n=500, elites: n=100), Korea (n=500, elites: n=100), and the United Kingdom (n=500, elites: n=100). An identical survey was administered by telephone in South Africa with 300 respondents, 50 of which were classed as elites.
** Classification of elites: high income/wealth, highly educated, regularly follow current events.
Citation formats
Consumer survey: max travel time to still go back for forgotten smartphone 2012
This statistic illustrates the longest amount of time wireless mobile technology consumers in the United States and around the world would let pass and still turn back home for a forgotten mobile device. In 2012, 31 percent of wireless mobile technology consumers in the United States said that they wouldn't turn back home at all if they forgot their smartphone or another wireless mobile device.
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Qualcomm. (August 16, 2012). What is the longest amount of time that you would let pass and still turn back to your home if you realized you had forgotten your wireless mobile device? [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 24, 2026, from /statistics/241158/max-time-to-still-turn-back-for-forgotten-smartphone/
Qualcomm. "What is the longest amount of time that you would let pass and still turn back to your home if you realized you had forgotten your wireless mobile device?." Chart. August 16, 2012. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 24, 2026. /statistics/241158/max-time-to-still-turn-back-for-forgotten-smartphone/
Qualcomm. (2012). What is the longest amount of time that you would let pass and still turn back to your home if you realized you had forgotten your wireless mobile device?. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 24, 2026. /statistics/241158/max-time-to-still-turn-back-for-forgotten-smartphone/
Qualcomm. "What Is The Longest Amount of Time That You Would Let Pass and Still Turn Back to Your Home If You Realized You Had Forgotten Your Wireless Mobile Device?." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 16 Aug 2012, /statistics/241158/max-time-to-still-turn-back-for-forgotten-smartphone/
Qualcomm, What is the longest amount of time that you would let pass and still turn back to your home if you realized you had forgotten your wireless mobile device? ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/241158/max-time-to-still-turn-back-for-forgotten-smartphone/ (last visited July 24, 2026)
What is the longest amount of time that you would let pass and still turn back to your home if you realized you had forgotten your wireless mobile device? [Graph], Qualcomm, August 16, 2012. [Online]. Available: /statistics/241158/max-time-to-still-turn-back-for-forgotten-smartphone/
