Study finds that students are addicted to their iPhones

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200 students surveyed in a Stanford study were found to be “addicted” to their iPhones. “When asked to rank their dependence on the iPhone on a scale of one to five – five being addicted and one being not at all addicted – 10 percent of the students acknowledged full addiction to the device, 34 percent ranked themselves as a four on the scale, and only 6 percent said they weren’t addicted at all.”

The survey also suggests that there are benefits. Over 70 percent of those surveyed said the iPhone made them more organized, with 54 percent said the iPhone made them more productive.

The current survey does not cover attitudes towards other smartphone, where lots of people similarly rely on their Blackberries or Androids or Palm Pres to be organized and functional in today’s always-connected world.

Source:

http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/03/09/panic-study-finds-that-students-are-addicted-to-their-iphones/