“The brand of phone you buy can say a thing or two about your income and lifestyle, and now a new test has discovered it may also indicate how intelligent you are too,” Victoria Woollaston reports for Mail Online.
“A thousand smartphone users were challenged to take a series of online brain teasers designed to test their mental agility,” Woollaston reports. “iPhone users were found to have the quickest wits of all, completing the test in 94 seconds, on average, while BlackBerry users were the slowest at 118 seconds.”
“The test was carried out by UK bookmaker Ladbrokes who picked the participants from a list of people who use its smartphone app,” Woollaston reports. “The Test of Wits is made up of seven brainteasers designed to test problem solving skills, pattern recognition and code cracking.”
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