Smartphone addiction

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Maybe I'm getting old, but why do so many people (mainly women) walk around clutching their smartphones as if their life depended on it?

There's some extreme cases like the girl in the pub texting on her phone while kissing her boyfriend, one eye was on facebook. What is she posting "I'm snogging him!"?? or the group of 6 girls in a pub, each one was on a smartphone and they said literally nothing to each other for minutes.

I also have two female friends who have their phones with an audible alert and screenflash everytime they get texted/facebooked, yet they still click the screen every minute to check. I asked them why they do it and the answer was "just incase", I then explain it always gives you the audible alert and flash, to which I get a glazed look.

In before "you're hurt they're not paying attention to you" comments, because it isn't that. I'm genuinely wondering if it's some form of addiction.
 
That new text alert, that FB notification, that ****** mentioned you on Twitter: it's like crack to some people.
 
Women are social creatures, and smartphone allow them to remain connected to their social circle 24/7
 
^^ what those are saying, its just like the inclination to answer the telephone when its ringing. I find that I seem to be one of the only few people who can easily ignore it on a general basis.

Just incase its something important or its something they must do, hell everytime I am by myself in public I end up checking my texts or playing with my phone. Its better than hands in pockets ha
 
Because through technology the current established set of "social norms" are now obsolete - as it allows for 24/7 communication with anybody anywhere at any-time, rendering the persons physical location meaningless (in regards to social interactions).

It will get worse once video phones become the norm, the to the next stage once technology reaches the "holographic projection" level in the future (which it may/may not).

Get with the times granddad.

(PS - I hate it also - but it's only going to get worse).
 
It's the new legal drug for women. A great benefit to men as they spend more time sending messages than talking.
 
They're not as bad as the "take a photo of me so i can put it on facebook" people. It's not just women either. I'm sure some people only go out to get photos for their profile.

How about go out, have a good time, and if there's some photos of you then thats nice?
 
I've started seeing a younger girl (I'm 28, she's 22) and the difference between her and the ex (31) is MASSIVE. she wakes up and the first thing she does (after giving me a squeeze) is go straight on her phone and do her Facebook/twitter/Flickr routine.

I don't mind 99% of the time, and she's getting better, but sometimes you're mid convo and she just sort of drifts off into her phone. I continue talking, thinking that she might be capable of multitasking, and at the end of my sentence i just get a sort of blank "wha?" expression because she's been somewhere else. maybe I'm just THAT boring! haha.

B@
 
elmarko1234 said:
It will get worse once video phones become the norm, the to the next stage once technology reaches the "holographic projection" level in the future (which it may/may not).
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Video calls are extremely unpopular with good reason, people like to do things while they are on the phone too much to also concentrate of an image of the other end too. The mobile market no longer advertises video calls in adverts etc... due to this.
 
I love smartphones because of the gadgetry side of things and spent a stupid amount last year on them but the actual time spent using it as a phone was minimal - I've now got rid of all my phones apart from a cheapo Nokia for work.
 
B@Th*nG said:
I've started seeing a younger girl (I'm 28, she's 22) and the difference between her and the ex (31) is MASSIVE. she wakes up and the first thing she does (after giving me a squeeze) is go straight on her phone and do her Facebook/twitter/Flickr routine.

I don't mind 99% of the time, and she's getting better, but sometimes you're mid convo and she just sort of drifts off into her phone. I continue talking, thinking that she might be capable of multitasking, and at the end of my sentence i just get a sort of blank "wha?" expression because she's been somewhere else. maybe I'm just THAT boring! haha.

B@
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She just can't wait to reply to my texts :p
 
I find many people in relationships get into the habit of texting each other every few minutes with an immediate reply required.
 
It's not just women, it's just society in general, technology is advancing at such a rate now that stuff is out of date as soon as you hand over the cash to buy it. Just look at the i7 2600k, I got one at Christmas and they're already selling the 2011 socket.

People no longer need to remember anything as their phone does it for them, I wouldn't have even remember to text my girlfriend about our anniversary today if my phone hadn't flashed up at 9am to tell me.

People even get the phantom vibrate feeling in their pocket, they think their phone just went off, they check it and there are no new messages, I even get it when my phone isn't even my pocket lol.

I suppose it is quite sad that you see people in the pub or where ever, texting or on facebook or playing games instead of talking to the person right next to them, but thats the route society is taking, pretty soon we'll be on the pathway of Gamer or Surrogates next lol
 
Love my smartphone, but I do see myself being a bit anti social sometimes becuase of it.
 
To be fair it's not really any different than those who use forums a lot etc, I know more about other posters on various forums than members of my own family. I bet many people get up check the forums for a bit then get ready for work etc come home for another 4 hour session then go to bed especially during the week, whilst periodically checking using the smartphone during work, train journeys etc.
 
mame said:
I find many people in relationships get into the habit of texting each other every few minutes with an immediate reply required.
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Got to nip it in the bud early that one - or it does indeed go out of control, witnessed many friends who messed up here.
 
I love my Smartphone but I'm not a slave to it. I'm another person who can easily ignore the phone if it's ringing - funny thing is that people go mental these days with, "what's the point of you having a mobile if you don't answer it!!! RAAAAGE!". :p

I also drive people mad by not responding to texts until hours or even days later.

Sometimes if I'm going away for a weekend I'll leave the phone at home so that no one can disturb me.
 
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