Smartphone users yakking constantly into their devices may not be their only social offense, a new study has found.
Among millennials – those 18 to 24 – 90 percent regard their phone as more important than deodorant, according to a Bank of America survey of more than 1,000 adults in California and elsewhere in the U.S.
In addition, when asked what they d do to get their phone returned if it was taken from them, 45 percent of the survey respondents said they d be willing to give up alcohol and 34 percent said they d forfeit chocolate.
Smartphone lovers have become so attached to their gadgets that 35 percent of those queried said they check it constantly and 16 percent said they do so about once every hour. When asked how long they could last without their phones, 13 percent replied less than one hour.
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