The biggest gift of this IT revolution and technical advancement
to the world is Smartphones. A Six-inch gadget and our whole life revolve
around it. You could hardly find someone who says he or she doesn’t know how to
operate a smartphone. Every task, from talking to acquiring information, communication,
business etc. requires smartphones. Our life is so much dependent on smartphone
that we can’t even think of a day without it. But isn’t that what addiction is?
People tend to use mobiles more often than we can imagine.
As per study, people use phones more than 47 times per day. This is a huge
number and clear signs of addiction. So many things, Social media, videos, apps
etc. that bares us from leaving smartphones.
Popular impulse driven triggers:
·
Social media networks and relationship
driven content.
·
Overexposure to information and data e.g.
games, surfing, apps.
·
Shopping, gambling, stock trading, and
auctions.
With the rapid increase in the number of
smartphone users, more and more people are prone to Nomophobia or smartphone
addiction. According to studies, around 85% people use ,mobile within 1 hour of
waking up in the morning.
Smartphone companies in order to increase
customer base are providing so many features and that to at such lucrative
price such that you could easily find a range of mobiles under 12000 or such
budget offering so many features that the price would hardly bother anyone.
The result of such use of smartphones
could be disastrous for our health and social life.
·
Anxiety –
Simply having your phone near you will decrease your productivity, the impact
snowballs with the level of the users’ addiction.
·
Stress – Higher
stress levels were found in business orientated roles where work life is
connected to the personal device e.g. emails
Other than that excess smartphone usage
could reduce your social life and, in some instances, can lead to depression as
well. It is better that people start taking this as a serious problem and bring
a change in their lifestyle or else we all would just be slaves to technology
and nothing more.
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