Phone Addiction

I read an article today in The Daily Mail about mobile phones. Apparently there are now 50 million of them in use in the UK, which is quite a number given that it accounts for 83% of the population. People of every age have them and some people have two, in fact it says that 1 in 10 people have two (and I'm one of them). It also goes on to say that of those 1 in 10, most keep this second phone a secret from their partner. For what purpose I can only speculate (but if they have a spouse that anlyses their phone bills in minute details then maybe it should come as no surprise that they keep a "secret phone"...). For the record my second phone is not "secret", it's the one that's integrated into the car.
Anyway, the article went on to say that some people are addicted to their phones and get depressed if they don't get/send a certain number of messages/calls per day. Given the number of texts/mails I sent from my phone in the last month (during 2 weeks of which I was on holiday) it would be easy to think that I fall into that category. In a way maybe it's true. Though I don't actually get depressed, I do find it almost irresistable to send messages and totally lose track of how many I've sent. Probably the only cure is to leave the phone behind. Hmm, just the thought of that gives me the tremors....

My name is Steve and I'm an addict...

Comments

[David (TEFL Smiler)]

Even with predictive text input, don't you find after a while that you just cannot be bothered to thumb in yet another message?

[steve]

No, but I do find the predictive text on this phone to be damned annoying. Instead of T9 they use iTap and I guess I'm just more used to T9 and I keep missing words that it has mis-predicted.

[Sandy]

I'd rather hear that Geordie accent ;-)

[Kirsty]

I prefer text messages because I hate talking to people on the phone (requires proper social interaction, see!).

Also, because I can't text while I work, I usually only send about one text message a week, and use my mobile for a phone call about once a month.

Or maybe it's because I'm a billy no-mates.
:sniff:
;-)

[mrs mcmuffin]

I stopped using my mobile about a year ago and I don't miss it. I didn't have to call on my higher power, my use just trailed off, no cold turkey...jealous?

[Steve]

Nope. I don't actually understand how you people (Mrs Mc, Kirsty) can even survive without using your mobile. I'm at mine all the time, for messages, calls, emails, internet, PIM functions... It's an essantial part of life.

[Sandy]

Thats why your bill will be high again then.
I still amange on pay as you go and only need to top up 3 or 4 times a year!

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