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Nearly one in two people are dependent on their smartphone
A survey published this Tuesday reveals the extent to which the Swiss population has become dependent on smartphones.
Published today at 12:35 a.m.
According to the Comparis survey, more than 40% of those questioned show signs of smartphone addiction.
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Nearly half of the Swiss population shows “clear to pronounced” signs of smartphone addiction, reveals a survey published Tuesday by Comparis. Only 23% of survey participants have absolutely no trouble doing without their cell phone.
Checking your screen frequently to make sure you haven’t missed any messages, feeling stressed when your smartphone is not within reach or the battery is dead, or feeling a feeling of isolation if you are deprived of your machine: these responses to the survey are particularly prevalent among young people and in French-speaking Switzerland. However, gender, level of education or income have no significant influence on smartphone dependence.
Nomophobia
Smartphone addiction or nomophobia (from the English No-Mobile-Phone-Phobia) refers to pathological symptoms and feelings of anxiety or changes in behavior when the smartphone is not available.
According to the Comparis survey, more than 40% of those questioned show clear to pronounced signs of nomophobia. They obtained at least 30 points on a scale of 0 to 50. Proportionally, it is mainly young people aged 16 to 35 who are affected by the overuse of smartphones.
Difference between town and country
There is a city-rural divide. Among the population in rural areas, 28% say they can do without their cell phone without any problem, compared to only 19% of survey participants living in cities. On the other hand, 43% of urban dwellers are significantly to strongly affected by nomophobia, a rate which falls to 34% in the rural population.
Differences also appear between linguistic regions. Smartphone addiction is significantly more widespread in French-speaking Switzerland than in German-speaking Switzerland. In French-speaking Switzerland, 47% show at least obvious signs of nomophobia. In German-speaking Switzerland, they are only 37%.
The survey was carried out by the market research institute Innofact at the request of comparis.ch in October 2024 among 1,050 people in all regions of Switzerland.
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