Youth spends more on mobile phones than music

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"Britain's youth are spending more on mobile phones than music, according to latest research.

The research by mobile technology research firm mobileYouth claims that under 25 year-olds spend five times as much of their disposable income on mobile phones, calls, texting and content as they are with music retailers.

This equates to 11% of all spending in this age group, who spend an average of £238 a year on mobile phones and just £49 on music.

It is also claimed that this age group could be worth as much as £3bn a year to the mobile phone market compared to just £0.6bn for music retailers..."

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