My phone wears the pants in our relationship
Mobile addiction is making us sick but Ricky Chanana isn’t planning to do anything about it any time soon.
My beloved phone totally dominates our relationship. I’m at its mercy at all times. It’s the last thing I say goodnight to, the first greeting in the morning. I’m insanely addicted to that bright, illuminating glow.
It’s pretty sad but there’s some comfort in knowing I’m not the only one struggling with “Nomophobia”, fear of being out of mobile phone contact. A recent survey by mobile authentication provider SecurEnvoy found 66% of us get the shakes when our smartphone is out of reach, like an alcoholic coming off the booze.
Addiction really is the only way to describe it – especially when you consider us Aussies spend an average of eight hours 41 minutes on media devices, compared to the eight hours 21 minutes we sleep in a 24 hour period.
Ricky – Looks like you need to review this study from Durex
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O925jNVmpOQ
Always good to debate the human side of tech Ricky. Our take is that mobile tech allows for improved communication (but maybe less face time) and we know that the next big wave of mobile comms will be through messaging apps … we’re already there in many ways. On your last point, I recently got the apple watch and am using my iphone about 40% less. We’re probably moving the problem from our ears to our wrists but it’s a start. Nice post.