Are you addicted to your phone?

I use my phone for many different things but I don't think I'm "addicted". I do check Words With Friends often throughout the day because I have several games going, plus I play daily to get my daily prizes.
 
No. Read the book ā€œZuckedā€. All of social media, and all of online games, are designed to addict people and mess with the reward centers in our brains.

It is a great blessing that I never could get into video games. I tried to play some a couple of times. They were boring to me.
 

fuzzybuddy said:
A friend said he wouldn't get an iPhone because he'd get addicted to it. Then I thought the very first thing I do when I wake- even before going to the B.R. is check my phone. When it's charging, and away from me, I miss it. My friend might be right about addiction.
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Absolutely not. I turn it on if I go out alone for a walk with my dog or something, when I come back home, it gets shut off and stays that way until the next time I need to use it. If I'm waiting somewhere, it pick up a magazine or just sit, I'm not one of those who needs to be constantly occupied with their devices.
 
IKE said:
I very, very rarely carry my old flip phone and I bet I haven't monkeyed around with the iPhone 12 more than twenty minutes total since my DIL gave it to us a couple of years ago....I like my desktop computer and landline just fine.

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Same here. I have an older Android phone that I paid less than a hundred dollars for, I don't see any Iphones in my future either.
 
I loved my 2006 / 2007 ish Military style flip phone, i could clip it to my golf cart and let my sig. know when I made a birdy or parred. she would just cuss. Haha.. text was all i wanted it for.
 
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In the morning I use it for Wordle and the free LA Times crossword while sitting on the edge of my bed waiting for my joints to wake up.
I like having it for emergencies to call Triple A or to let them know I have arrived to pick up my grocery order. Hospitals expect you to have one. I seem to spend a lot of time waiting in the car while others take care of business and there are a number of ways to pass the time.
Also it's a computer and I enjoy having libraries and encyclopedias at my fingertips. So either I'm addicted or just taking advantage of a good thing.
 
Nathan said:
Addicted? No, but I do take advantage of the many useful features. I do not like talking on any phone, cellular or landline , would rather text but dislike the tedious touch technology. I synced my phone to my computer so that I can type text messages with the keyboard.
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I do exactly that Nathan..always have. I text ..or whatsapp from my computer rather than my phone. I really can't be bothered trying to type on a tiny keyboard.. it's tedious and slow so instead I text from this big keyboard on my computer, and it's very much faster.. than I can do on my phone..

MY 48 year old daughter can text back on her phone even faster than I can type on my computer because she's being doing it for best part of 30 years..
 
Alizerine said:
In the morning I use it for Wordle and the free LA Times crossword while sitting on the edge of my bed waiting for my joints to wake up.
I like having it for emergencies to call Triple A or to let them know I have arrived to pick up my grocery order. Hospitals expect you to have one. I seem to spend a lot of time waiting in the car while others take care of business and there are a number of ways to pass the time.
Also it's a computer and I enjoy having libraries and encyclopedias at my fingertips. So either I'm addicted or just taking advantage of a good thing.
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why don't you just use your computer for those things ( other than your early morning crossword)... I mean libraries and encyclopaedias, surely easier to read on a computer than a phone :unsure:
 
hollydolly said:
why don't you just use your computer for those things ( other than your early morning crossword)... I mean libraries and encyclopaedias, surely easier to read on a computer than a phone :unsure:
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I do if I'm at home. I meant if I'm in the car or waiting at an appointment or even on the porch.
 
Like many others have said I am not addicted to my phone but I do use it often. I find it easier to check my emails on my phone instead of my computer and I use the Feedly app to glance at the headlines to catch up on the news and read any articles that interest me. And of course I glance at my weather widget each morning to check on the weather.

As I've stated on other similar posts, I'm a lot like @Nathan . I've never been a huge fan of having long conversations on the phone (even when I was a teen) and would rather text. Thankfully most of my family and friends prefer to text also :) . If I'm on my computer I'll use the Google Messages site to text on my computer but if not I'll use the phone. Other than the obligatory security protocols (such as verifying accounts via text) my phone sits on a stand next to my bed at night and next to my computer during the day.

I do have one other use that I am finding handy. I use my phone as a remote for my TV and my Roku stick. I find it easier to use then fumbling with the remotes for my TV set and my Roku stick.
 
No. The only reason I have one is because I do a lot of shopping on-line and need it for delivery details. On the odd occasion that I need to make a phone call, I use the land line.
However, I do enjoy having a tablet and use it all the time.
 
I regard my cell phone as an item of unwanted technology that was foisted on me when pay phones went the way of the dinosaur. My cell phone resides in my car for emergency use, and I periodically check it to see if the battery still has a charge, and if I need to add minutes. For actual phone communication, I use my landline cordless phones as I dislike being tethered to a wall or desk phone.

Iā€™m addicted, however, to my tablets and laptops that help me forget that Iā€™m in a jerk water town with no social life when I see that my blog and Quora posts have over half a million viewsā€¦
 
Yup. I'm addicted. The more I use my phone the more I love it. I noticed the people who were not "addicted" really didn't use their phones, or they had older flip phones.
I think once you get to using all the apps, it does become a valuable asset.
 
My phone is with or near me most of the time. A necessity for my
work and communicating with coworkers and that sort of thing.
And always with me when commuting out on the roads, and other
reasons, so fair to say, I can't do without it..
 

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