Can you work out your personality by your phone's home screen?

Virgin Radio

17 May 2021, 15:07

What does your home screen say about you? Are you more of a tech mess or a folder-loving app organiser? Is your screen a colour-coded catalogue or scary screen scream?  Whether you're a mobile minimalist or maxed-out app fan, Retailer Mobiles.co.uk teamed up with Business Psychologist to find out what they say about us.

Lecturer in Business Psychology Sonya Dineva shared: "People who like to organise their apps like this usually have an elevated need for control. They need order and structure in their lives, predictability and plans to deal with daily stressors.

"They may also be perfectionists who fear failure and tend to worry too much about the future. They are pragmatic, have good time management skills and would make decisions only after careful thinking."

If you're not so organised, Sonya explained: "These are usually people who are tolerant to multiple stimuli from their environment and can thrive in what for some may seem like chaos.

"These individuals could be good at prioritising and ignoring everything irrelevant as well as potentially being spontaneous, adventurous and led by impulse and emotions when making decisions."

On what picture you have as your screensaver, Sonya said: "If someone selects a photo of their loved ones for their phone’s home screen, this does not necessarily mean that they are very sociable and communicative – in fact, this may be a photo of the only close person they have in the world.

"The same thing applies to those who choose a photo of nature – they may love travelling or be introverts or want to remind themselves of a lovely memory or may just be going through a stressful period and dreaming of some time out."

Problems organising your own home screen? Andrew Cartledge, mobile expert at Mobiles.co.uk, commented: "With so many of us owning a smartphone and having a variety of apps downloaded, it is no surprise that how we use them can say something about our personality type.

"Whether you’re putting your creativity to use by creating your own app logos, or you’re happy to leave your apps where they land, if they are easily accessible to you then that is all that matters."