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  • [How often do you REALLY use your phone?]

  • I use my phone incessantly.

  • My phone is basically my boredom box. So anytime I get really bored that's the first thing I go to.

  • I'm so attached to my phone. It's almost embarrassing.

  • Like I never put it down, ever.

  • We ask people to guess how often they use their phone in a typical day.

  • Oh.

  • God.

  • If I had to guess, I would say maybe around 45 minutes a day.

  • Cumulatively, like if you condense it all together, oh yeah, an hour and a half?

  • I think I'm on my phone like, an hour.

  • Maybe like 13 hours, like a day.

  • I feel like I don't check my phone that much.

  • I've always kind of tried to pride myself of being one of those people.

  • So I would guess I check my phone 30 times a day.

  • There's a, like, big period of time where I don't look at it, I justWhat? Why?

  • We then installed the Moment app, which tracks daily usage, on their phones.

  • I have a feeling I might not like what I find out. But I know I probably am not gonna change.

  • I'm so scared that I am the problem. I am the person that I hate.

  • You know what's weird? My phone is such a big part of my life and I have no idea how much I use it.

  • They then went about their regular lives.

  • So now I'm home and this is definitely when I check my phone a lot more.

  • It's actually kind of embarrassing how much I've been using my phone.

  • Okay, so confession time. I'm at a dinner with friends and the first thing I did was go on my phone and check my email.

  • So I'm home from work now and I'm gonna guess my phone usage is gonna double or triple.

  • So I'm checking my Instagram in the shower.

  • I'm trying to get off my phone so I can go to bed.

  • I feel like I check it more compulsively than I imagine, but maybe for not quite as long? I don't know, we'll see what happens tomorrow.

  • The next day we showed them the results.

  • I'm really nervous to find out how much I actually use my phone.

  • Like I didn't realize how many things I use my phone for that. I didn't really put into my estimate.

  • I'm terrified of what this will say about me.

  • All right, All right, here we go. Ah~~

  • Oh my god. That's longer than most movies I watch. Oh, no.

  • Wow! 151 times. Holy... I got business to attend to. I gotta reply to everybody.

  • Wow! That is not anywhere near as bad as I thought it would be. 3 hours, I'm like totally fine with.

  • Yeah. This seems right. This seems right. This isn't mind blowing knowing myself.

  • Oh my god, no, no. Oh I was completely wrong on like all counts. Oh my god.

  • Woo. Okay. 138 pickups to me that's a lot of checking my phone. That's a lot of just constantly going, huh? Huh? Huh?

  • I was very wrong. I'm really disgusted with myself. This is horrible.

  • [Interviewer] Is this going to change your phone habits?

  • Um... I don't think so. I don't think so.

  • I think it's gonna change what apps I spend time with on my phone.

  • I make fun of my friends so much for being on their phone while I'm talking to them.

  • Now I know, clearly, I am also one of those people.

  • For all of my friends who make fun of me for being on my phone all the time, I'm actually fairly average.

  • So my phone's gonna be a big part of my life still, but I'm gonna try to use it in a more healthy way.

  • It makes me think that maybe I spend way too much time stuck down like this.

  • And it wouldn't kill me to keep my head here, more often during the day, and my life.

  • [How often do you use your phone?]

  • Users of the Moment app currently average 43 pickups per day.

  • According to analytics firm Flurry, Americans now spend nearly 3 hours per day on mobile devices.

[How often do you REALLY use your phone?]

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