Recession-weary cell phone users are bucking the bullish smartphone market trend by abandoning "extras," such as Internet connectivity, e-mail and texting, according to a recent report by a Washington, D.C.-based telecomm think-tank.

Fifteen percent of those surveyed have cut back on Internet, e-mail and texting plans in the last six months because of "actual job loss, fear of job loss, or the recession," according to the study conducted by Opinion Research Corporation (ORC) for the New Millennium Research Council (NMRC).

And, the downturn is expected to continue throughout the year. More than two out of five cell phone users with e-mail, texting and Internet access on their phones, or 41 percent, say it is likely that they'll stop using these features "if the economy gets worse in the next six months," the study says.

"The era of cell phone penny-pinching is officially here," Allen Hepner, of the NMRC, said in a statement.

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