Phones compete for attention
IF YOU’VE ever felt disgusted when your partner paid more attention to his or her phone on a date, then you are not the only one.
Most adults in India pay more attention to their smartphone than their partner when they were together, a new study has revealed.
Sixty percent of adults surveyed said their partner paid more attention to their own smart device when they were together on a date.
The study, titled Three’s Company: Lovers, Friends and Devices was released by Intel Security and aims to understand the online behaviour of people and how it affects their relationship with friends and significant others.
Money, gifts and a dinner in a glamorous restaurant mean nothing in a relationship when partners pay no attention to each other.
The study found that 57% of those studied had to compete with their partner’s smartphone for attention on a first date.
An intrusion into a relationship leads to a quarrel, which is corroborated by the fact that 75% of the adults reported getting into an argument with a friend, significant other, or family member over being on a device while together.
The study involved 1 400 Indian adults who use an internet-connected device on a daily basis.
Amid this lack of attention in relationships, it was revealed that 46% of couples share passwords to social media accounts, 38% share passwords to personal e-mail accounts and, interestingly, nearly 35% of adults share their work-specific devices and accounts with their significant other.
Intel Security suggested using long passwords including numbers and lower-case and upper-case letters, as well as symbols. – IANS