Nearly 80 percent of Americans check their phones within a half hour of waking up. • Half of us check our phones in the middle of the night. (Among 25- to 34-year-olds, it’s more than 75 percent.) • We’re using our phones so much that we’re giving ourselves repetitive strain injuries such as “texting thumb,” “text neck,” and “cell phone elbow.” • More than 80 percent of Americans report that they keep their phones near them “almost all the time during waking hours.” • Nearly 5 out of 10 Americans agree with this statement: “I can’t imagine my life without my smartphone.”
