iPhone as a part of their lifestyle. All in all, 10% of the participants
were fully addicted to their iPhone, 34% ranked themselves almost
addicted to it, and 6% said they were not addicted to it at all.
Further, 75% admitted to sleeping next to their iPhone, and 69%
reported that they were more likely to forget their wallet than their
iPhone. Although the admission of severe addiction was not very
high among the side effects of iPhone addiction, with 41% saying it
would be ‘‘a tragedy’’ to lose their iPhone and 22% saying that it is
‘‘dangerously alluring,’’ the rates still indicated the addictive power
of smartphones [6].