New study of the UK Ofcom showed that 60% of adolescents and more than 33% of adults consider their mobile natural extension of themselves, after using it everywhere and without limits.
The survey attracted more than 2,000 adults and 500 adolescents aged 12-15 years in Britain. Based on the results showed that the addiction to mobile phones is particularly high among young and at more advanced ages, and even comes to ... scan them our good ways.
Excessive use leads to rude mobile
Specifically, 25% of adults and 33% of teenagers use their phones during meals, while 20% of adolescents and adults using their mobile phones even in restricted areas such as libraries.
Even in places of isolation, eg the toilet, most seemed that accompanied most of the smartphones with the rate touching 22% of both adolescents and adults.
As observed over phone calls, users tend to use their phones to exchange text messages and e-mail for surfing social networking sites (facebook, twitter) or even for taking photos and watching videos.
Many are also those who have christened their smartphones «crackberries» from the BlackBerry, because of their addictive nature, which refers mainly workers to continuously monitor the inbox of their e-mail - even if this process of "stealing" valuable time by personal lives.