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Call it an imbibed habit or the result of financial crisis; Americans are using their cell phones more to texting messages than to make calls, according to a Nielsen Mobile survey. In the second quarter of 2008, US mobile subscribers sent and received an average of 357 text messages per month as against making and receiving 204 phone calls a month, the survey adds.

The recent increase in texting could be related to the recent financial crisis that has left lesser money for the average American to spend. Because in most cellphone plans  texting works out much cheaper than making calls and a few plans have unlimited texting option. In fact, teenagers between the age of 13-17 text the most with an average of 1,742 messages sent and received a month, the survey adds. Thankfully there are many websites that compare cell phone plans and help in choosing the best cell phone plans.