Don’t be fooled by age. A recent survey by the leading mobile social messaging app, textPlus, reveals that a whopping 81 percent of respondents’ grandparents are indeed ‘mobile’ (i.e., they own a cell phone).
textPlus surveyed a segment of its users (age 13-17) about texting with their grandparents. It turns out that grandparents are texting more than we think–and their grandkids think it’s pretty cool:
• 24 percent of respondents prefer to text with their grandparents;
• 40 percent of grandchildren would like to use text to communicate with their grandparents;
• Grandchildren stay in touch with grandparents more through texting (27%) than they do through sending a letter or card (12%);
• 54 percent of respondents consider grandparents who text to be cool; 34 percent consider them practical.
