Glasgow has been revealed to be the least tech-savvy city in Britain.
Research by Stuff magazine into the use of gadgets has shown that Glaswegians use just 42% of the functions available on their appliances.
In contrast, gadget experts living in Wolverhampton got the most value for their money, utilising almost 80% of their gadgets’ abilities.
According to Stuff, Britons waste £52 billion every year on gadgets they cannot operate properly. Despite consumers splashing out around £3,065 each year on electronics, the nationwide poll of 3,000 people revealed that, although consumers made the most of their traditional electrics – such as washing machines – half the functions on their higher-tech gadgets were left idle.
High-definition televisions proved costly, with nearly half – 47% – of those surveyed unaware an HD set needs to be connected to an HD set-top box to see the benefits.
Some 2% even believed you needed to be born with HD-ready eyesight to watch them.
The results also supported gender stereotypes, with 63% of women reading the instruction booklet compared with just 54% of men.
