A distraction? Far from it – your smartphone is your best friend | Phoebe-Jane Boyd
Whether you're someone who keeps yours on the table during dinners with friends, or one who gets offended at new-message-checking between courses, there's no denying that mobile phones cause problems. Tools of distraction and distancing that chip away at our attention spans with every vibration and ping, they steadily steal the real connection of person-to-person communication. At least, so say older relatives who comment on your WhatsApp use during family gatherings. And so say the psychologists who worked on the University of British Columbia's study titled "Smartphone use undermines enjoyment of face-to-face social interactions" academic study.
What's not irritating and won't let you down? That true friend, the smartphone " that is, until the battery runs out
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