Can you go 4 hours without looking at your phone?

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  • x311Tifa
    x311Tifa Posts: 357 Member
    I have a circa 2003 flip phone, so yes.

    My laptop? probably not...

    TOTALLY AGREE! My laptop, if I'm not at work or out with friends, is where I'm at! I am on it all the time when I am home.

    However, my phone is a piece of crap. Blackberry, you are TERRIBLE at loading ANYTHING. Maybe mine was just defective...
  • LandonRand
    LandonRand Posts: 166
    I can (and do) often times go a full day or more without looking at my phone. Friends and co-workers sometimes get upset with me, but I hate being tethered to that thing! :)
  • Steve_Runs
    Steve_Runs Posts: 443 Member
    Funny story Pre X-Mas I couldn't give to ****s where my phone was...

    Then I got an IPHONE

    I've sent like 1500 texts already since then, before that I barely sent 15 texts in a week.
    love my iphone!
  • kcoftx
    kcoftx Posts: 765 Member
    Think I am on my smart phone too often, checking msgs, facebook etc. Set my self a goal this morning of going 4 hours without looking. One hour down and it's harder than I thought.....who wants to join me?

    Wouldn't getting on a computer to send this message an hour into it be roughly the same thing?
  • NocturnalGirl
    NocturnalGirl Posts: 1,762
    I go on my phone in the middle of my sleep!!
  • icimani
    icimani Posts: 1,454 Member
    Nope...posted from my iPhone while driving

    shame on you!
  • SmartAlec03211988
    SmartAlec03211988 Posts: 1,896 Member
    I could... if I locked it in a safe and lost the key.
  • itsjustdawn
    itsjustdawn Posts: 1,073 Member
    Only if I sleep that long.
  • MzFyreKitty
    MzFyreKitty Posts: 93
    I don't really look at my phone but the computer is another matter. I would probably have withdrawal symptoms if I had to give it up!
  • 00sarah
    00sarah Posts: 621 Member
    Once I went a month without a phone. Or TV. Or the Internet. Poverty sucks, but that's when I started running! Wouldn't ever take it back, was grateful for the experience.

    Still don't have a car! Walk or run everywhere!
  • ericadawn92
    ericadawn92 Posts: 346 Member
    If my phone is near me, I'm constantly checking it. However, sometimes I'll just leave it in another room (on purpose or accidentally) and not check it for hours...
  • YumemiruJin
    YumemiruJin Posts: 133 Member
    I would, but it would be 4 hours in which I either won't be exercising, or would be on a VERY long walk.

    I use the stopwatch on the phone for cardio more often than I receive calls or SMS.
  • Umeboshi
    Umeboshi Posts: 1,637 Member
    I can spend a whole day without touching my phone.
  • gonzanab
    gonzanab Posts: 117 Member
    I don't use my phone often and can go a day without looking at it. If I need to check my facebook, I just use the laptop.
  • My0WNinspiration
    My0WNinspiration Posts: 1,146 Member
    I can't go 5 mins
  • Kev_witchcity
    Kev_witchcity Posts: 321
    ummmmmm...nope :D
  • jonbobfrog
    jonbobfrog Posts: 294
    I probably should want to ... but I really don't. I love my phone.
  • tryclyn
    tryclyn Posts: 2,414 Member
    Best solution of all (for me) - no cell phone. To me, it's like being on a leash.

    This and I can't justify the cost when there is practically no service in my area.
  • MzBug
    MzBug Posts: 2,173 Member
    I have no problem going 4+ hours without checking it. It drives my guy nuts! A few times I didn't hear the phone for a call or a text and my guy stormed in the house (during his work hours) figuring I was dead or something since I didn't answer. I got my behind chewed for it.
  • Mighty_Rabite
    Mighty_Rabite Posts: 581 Member
    I can occasionally go about an hour, but the only stretch where I'm usually likely to go more than four hours is when I sleep >__>
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,956 Member
    Think I am on my smart phone too often, checking msgs, facebook etc. Set my self a goal this morning of going 4 hours without looking. One hour down and it's harder than I thought.....who wants to join me?
    Yep. I have a flip phone that just texts and makes/receives calls and limited internet apps. I got it for the very reason above. I don't want to be a slave to my phone.
    It's so sad when I see a family out at dinner and instead of talking to each other, they are all jacking around with their phones.

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  • ubermensch13
    ubermensch13 Posts: 824 Member
    Easy, I'm about to get 8 hours of sleep. I win.
  • determinedbutlazy
    determinedbutlazy Posts: 1,941 Member
    Not a chance, I'm a terrible phone addict.
  • TheRealPDouble
    TheRealPDouble Posts: 153
    I'm pretty sure I even wake up every few hours in the middle of the night and glance at mine... lol
  • chatnel
    chatnel Posts: 688 Member
    Think I am on my smart phone too often, checking msgs, facebook etc. Set my self a goal this morning of going 4 hours without looking. One hour down and it's harder than I thought.....who wants to join me?

    Wouldn't getting on a computer to send this message an hour into it be roughly the same thing?

    does not count as I am at work and I am "working"
  • chatnel
    chatnel Posts: 688 Member
    My group of friends does the stack your phone in the middle of the table during dinner. The first one that reaches for it has to buy a round of drinks.
  • kcoftx
    kcoftx Posts: 765 Member
    Think I am on my smart phone too often, checking msgs, facebook etc. Set my self a goal this morning of going 4 hours without looking. One hour down and it's harder than I thought.....who wants to join me?

    Wouldn't getting on a computer to send this message an hour into it be roughly the same thing?

    does not count as I am at work and I am "working"

    You are on a social media/personal life site. I think it qualifies. Now if you were doing spreadsheets, drafting an office memo or checking work email, etc. I would buy into that more. I smell a redo. ;)
  • LilacDreamer
    LilacDreamer Posts: 1,364 Member
    Don't become a slave to technology. Life was so amazing before it became over-saturated with electronic devices.

    I have not charged my phone since December 7th, and I don't know when I'll feel like charging it again. It is soooo FREEING!
  • LMick1986
    LMick1986 Posts: 431
    Hahah! Not difficult for me at all. I can't have mine at my job, so that's eight hours of no phone. Then, when I'm home, I don't wanna even mess with it.
  • CoffeeNBooze
    CoffeeNBooze Posts: 966 Member
    yep, no problem

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