Smartphones Are Indispensable to Many Americans
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iStock/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) — Smartphones haven’t been around all that long, but they’re almost as important to people as an arm or a leg. Maybe even more so if the findings of a new poll are to be believed.
On behalf of Bank of America, researchers at the Center for the Digital Future at the University of Southern California-Annenberg and Bovitz Inc. asked 1,000 adults in the U.S. if they could last a day without their smartphone and 47 percent replied no, they could not. Overall, 91 percent of respondents said their cellphone is as important to them as their car and a toothbrush.
Millennials are clearly the most devoted, with most saying they’d just as soon do without a toothbrush or deodorant than be deprived of their digital device.
And what would Americans be willing to do if they lost access to their smartphones? Four out of five say they’d give up alcohol or chocolate if that’s what it took to stay connected.
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