Indians care more about phones than people they love

NEW DELHI: Nearly 33 per cent of people, specially the younger generation that has grown up in a digital world, care more for their smartphones over engaging with individuals they love and India tops the list with 47 per cent, a report said on Saturday.

The study by telecommunications company Motorola, which is developed in partnership with Nancy Etcoff, expert in ‘MindBrain Behaviour and the Science of Happiness’, from Harvard University, said: “We, as a generation, are losing control of our lives.”

“Over half of the respondents (53 per cent) described their smartphones as their best friend and companion. India tops the chart with 65 per cent.” India again topped the list with 64 per cent when it came to people wanting help with phone-life balance. The global numbers stand at 61 per cent where individuals said they wanted to get the most out of their lives when they were not using their phones.

“Approximately 50 per cent people agreed that they check their phone more often than they would like and nearly 44 per cent felt compelled to perpetually check their phones.

India figures at the top with 65 per cent and 57 per cent respectively,” the study found.

Almost 35 per cent of the respondents agreed that they are spending too much time using their phones with 44 per cent of them belonging to Gen Z — people who were born from the mid 1990s to the early 2000s.