Are you a smartphone addict?

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00:00Well, a smartphone addict is somebody that is constantly keeping their phone in their

00:12hands.

00:13Actually, not one phone, but two or three phones oftentimes.

00:17And they're constantly fuddling around with it, using it to not only work with it or answer

00:23the phone, but use social media, play games on it, connect to the web.

00:28They're constantly on connection with it, basically, and with the rest of the world.

00:34Smartphone addict is the one who's always on his or her phone, downloading so many apps

00:41and making sure that he or she uses those apps as well, to a point that a person is

00:48actually dependent on that phone already, maybe for exercising, maybe for leisure, for

00:55chatting or for games.

00:58Utilizing it effectively, not necessarily be an addiction, but then if over-indulgence

01:05is involved, then that is the time that you would perhaps term it as an addiction.

01:09The first thing you do when you wake up in the morning is scan the bed for your phone.

01:14Or if you often forget that your phone can actually make phone calls, you're probably

01:19an addict.

01:20Since I'm actually here in Dubai, it's a good way, it's a tool for me to chat with my friends

01:26back home, with my family back home.

01:28It's so easy for me to chat with them and basically play games, because I'm really addicted

01:34to games.

01:36Every quarter, I look out for a new phone, and if there is something that is available

01:40in the market that is really exciting, then I would go and pick it up.

01:43Well, I'm addicted to iPhone, honestly, so not necessarily I buy new phones, like the

01:48latest technology, I'm more about an iPhone user and the iPhone apps that are connected

01:53to it.

01:55No, I can't live without my smartphone at this point.

02:00I realize because the rare times that I've forgotten it, I have to go back and get it

02:05and look for it.

02:06So no, I cannot live without it, although I'd like to say I can live without it.

02:10And I can't because, I mean, it's part of my daily life, I mean, it's normal, like mobile

02:14phones are part of everyday life now, I can't do without it.

02:17Well, I can live without my smartphone if I really tried.

02:21But then the question is, do you really want to live without your smartphone in this world

02:28today?

02:29Because smartphone really makes you very effective and efficient.

02:33It's easy for you to tell your loved ones who are abroad that you basically miss them

02:41and you love them.

02:42So yes, I cannot live without it.

02:44Like I even go frantic when I don't have my phone in my bag.

02:50No, I can't live without a smartphone.

02:53It's very hard, especially when it's at the center of your life.

03:00Well, what I like about a smartphone is that I have it with me and I can rely on it for

03:05anything.

03:06And, well, it's ringing now.

03:08Should I pick up a call?

03:10No, I'll just answer later.

03:12Anyways.

03:13So as we speak, there's a call coming.

03:14I'm sure.

03:15I don't see a name here.

03:16So therefore, this is something that is not stored in this phone and it is directed from

03:20another phone.

03:21So that's how I work.

03:32A smartphone can change people's lifestyle and health habits.

03:37So how did it change?

03:39I don't really recognize this number.

03:49So...

04:00Hello?

04:09Umm...

04:19Well, I can always call him back.

04:21Okay.

04:39Bye.

04:40Bye.

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