How much time do you spend looking at your phone in a day? How much time will you commit to your phone this year?
How many times do you touch your phone in a day? For a bit of fun, write the answer down on a piece of paper before you read any further.
Following last week's Business Bites on the importance of choosing what we focus on, two articles caught my attention this week. One was a comment on the radio (and subsequently read about online) on how many times we touch our cellphones in a day, and the other a BBC article on how much of our waking time is devoted to being on mobile apps. Both articles are classically shocking and, if true, deeply concerning.
Something I have learned to do is check facts and statistics, even when published in reputable periodicals. A quick Google search will bring up the 2016 study that claims the average person touches their phone 2617 times a day! The amount of references to this article is amazing.
Before looking at your estimated number and freaking out, it is worth reading Dr Jacob Groshek's response to the research in the Journal of Communication Technology that brings in some balance.