Are you always checking your smartphone?
If so, you’re not alone. This new Bank of America Trends in Consumer Mobility Report has found that we are not only increasingly connected, we’re taking our phones practically everywhere.
The majority of people, at 71 percent, in the survey reported that they sleep with their smartphones (that can mean sitting on the nightstand, of course, not a big deal since many people use the alarm clock), but 23 percent admit to falling asleep with the phone in their hand.
And what’s the first thing most people do in the morning? About 35 percent reach for that smartphone before anything else, including coffee, brushing their teeth or their significant other.
Users carry that habit throughout the day: 89 percent admit to checking it several times, while a full 36 percent admit to checking it “constantly.”
Only 7 percent of respondents say they shut their phone off entirely while on vacation.
And yet, many of us at 75 percent say that smartphones are not appropriate in all places, with men less likely to have mobile boundaries than women. Mmm.
Of course, the study also focused on mobile banking, which honestly, is an incredibly useful time-saving tool. Apparently, users agreed, too. Nearly 62 percent admit to checking their bank info online a few times a week, with 20 percent checking in daily.
There’s a whole slew of other mobile factoids on the Bank of America site. So if you’d like to gauge if your smartphone behavior is useful or bordering on obsessive, take a look.