British young prefer smartphones to novels (which one in ten haven't read)

Daily Mail, UK - Young adults are more likely to read their smartphone screen than a book while on the beach, a study has found.

Only one in four plan on reading a book on holiday, compared to 75 per cent who will keep their phone constantly at their side.

One in ten of the 18 to 25-year-olds surveyed said they had never even read a novel, with a quarter saying books ‘take too long to read’.

Of those who do plan on reading a book this summer, 25 per cent admit they will struggle to finish it – with more than 70 per cent of participants saying they prefer short-form writing and that technology has given us shorter attention spans, according to the Samsung survey.