Apple needs to tackle the issue of smartphone addiction

Re:Apple needs to tackle the issue of smartphone addiction by DonaldPShimoda on Monday April 16, 2018 @01:48PM (#16851073)

What's important is the reduction in functionality. I can't do nearly as much from my Watch as I can with my phone, and specifically I can't just browse through Reddit or Facebook. While I may interact with the same number of notifications, I interact with them for significantly less time (because there's not much to do with them from the Watch), and any such interaction is unlikely to cause me to browse my phone in a more general way.

So that's the key: the Watch frees me from the trap of "Well I'm already on my phone, so I may as well open up Instagram/Twitter and scroll through my feed again."

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Re:Apple needs to tackle the issue of smartphone addiction by collyw on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @10:09AM (#16858423)

Don't you need your phone in your pocket to use it?

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Re:Apple needs to tackle the issue of smartphone addiction by hawaiianbrah on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @10:41AM (#16858744)

For non-LTE models, yes. But if you are notified via your wrist, you still have to go through the effort of retrieving your phone, unlocking it, and then tending to the notification before you get to the “time wasting” stage, and I think its that’s a barrier to entry that’s causing people to use their phone less.

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Re:Apple needs to tackle the issue of smartphone addiction by DonaldPShimoda on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @12:31PM (#16859856)

Yes, I have a Series 2 so I need to have my phone nearby (or on the same WiFi) for the Watch to be useful.

The difference is that now I can dismiss notifications from my wrist and I am less tempted to actually unlock my phone directly, which is what was causing me to get distracted before.

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