All of us check our phones before we've gotten out of bed in the morning and before we go to sleep at night. We check it during important family gatherings and worst of all we check it mid-conversation with actual people.
"That's crazy!" you say, "I don't check my phone that often."
Really? Let us ask you something. Are you reading this article on your phone?
We know, right?
Consultancy firm Deloitte has surveyed almost 50,000 people, ages 18 to 74, in over thirty countries for its annual Global Mobile Consumer Survey. According to the results, nearly half of America checks their phone 25 times a day, every day on average.
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The survey also showed that 17 % of people check their smartphones immediately once they wake up in the morning, and 43 % check them within five minutes. On the other end of things, 13 % of people check their phones immediately before falling asleep, and 33 % check them within five minutes before drifting off.
It shouldn't really come as much of a shock, though. Society encourages to do most of our everyday tasks online and as a species, we're all about convenience. So when you can check your emails, call your mother, watch a beauty tutorial and look at funny cat videos all on this one tiny device that fits in your pocket, why wouldn't you be checking your phone regularly?
To be honest we expected it to be worse.
Via UNILAD
Now spill, how often do you check your phone. Is it ok to check it when you're with other people? Like, when you're in a restaurant or in the cinema?
