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Old 26-09-2016, 12:18
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37468560


Where's my phone? Gotta have it...
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Old 26-09-2016, 12:29
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Interesting that that article should describe the smartphone as 9 years old. Now what happened 9 years ago ? Was there an i-something or other released ..... I know there are people on this forum who would dispute that the smartphone started with Apple.
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Old 26-09-2016, 16:35
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US smartphone addicts...

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Old 26-09-2016, 16:42
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It is a little odd when you stay with friends and find yourself in a situation where you are in their living room and they are just plugged in and on their phones ignoring not only each other but their guests as well. Perhaps our conversation was not scintillating enough but it's still a bit rude and something to be aware of.

If I have guests I will certainly discreetly answer any texts but not sit there like a zombie staring at something far more interesting.
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Old 26-09-2016, 16:43
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Interesting that that article should describe the smartphone as 9 years old. Now what happened 9 years ago ? Was there an i-something or other released ..... I know there are people on this forum who would dispute that the smartphone started with Apple.
9 years old? Erm, surely they'd know that they existed before the iPhone?

The big differences aren't so much the smartphone, as feature phones with a browser and/or FB/Twitter app can be just as heavily used in emerging markets, but the services we now use to keep updated 24/7.

Social networking is more the problem. We are now so desperate not to miss out, we use our phones as it is always with us. Reduce our reliance on social media and we might get our normal lives back.
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Old 26-09-2016, 22:37
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I honestly don't think it's the big fall of society that the luddite brigade likes to make out.

If people have something they are genuinely interested in talking about and a few things genuinely in common, conversation will happen naturally and no one will even think about their phones much in the first place.

If however people are:
* Visiting family etc out of a sense of duty
* Hanging out with someone they have nothing in common with out of a sense of habit / loyalty
* Hanging out with someone they do have things in common with but have talked everything to death already
* Generally not feeling talkative
* Introverted or just generally quiet people
And probably many other things, then it just relaxes people and fills a gap where you'd otherwise have awkward silences and staring. We seem to have built up this idea that we HAVE to be keeping up a constant, unending conversation that goes on and on ranging from topic to topic for the entire duration that we're around other people, and can't just enjoy each others company in moments of silence.

Doesn't mean you're a boring person or anyone thinks less of your conversational abilities.

Or somewhere in the middle you might have someone like me who is fairly shy and nervous and flicking back and forth through phone screens but still interested in the conversation... though you can tell when I'm engrossed in the phone vs. when it's aimlessly flicking and scrolling...

Give me a moment of catching up on the smartphone over "so........... uh..... how's work?" ANY day, and the beauty of it is you can find something interesting on it and share it and chat about that! So they can definitely be a tool for good, if used in that way.

Now, if I know that someone finds mobile phones offensive in social situations then it stays in the pocket and I'll um and ahh and ask about work, talk about the weather and study what's written on my beer bottle. In the unlikely event I was on a date or something, same thing. But as a general default state I don't see them as a massive evil.
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