Walk into any restaurant, doctor's office, repair shop or other place where people can sit for a few moments and you'll notice that the vast majority of them are on their cell phones. They sleep with them by their bedsides, take them with them when they exercise and feel naked if they forget their phones somewhere.
According to Pew Research, 90% of American adults now have a cell phone and 58% of those are smartphones. Afraid that they might miss an important call or alert, 44% of cell owners sleep with their phones next to them in bed and 29% describe their phones as something they can't live without. (These last two figures are from a 2012 report and could be considerably higher as of 2015.)
Of adults who have cell phones, 93% are males and 88% are females. Almost 90% of residents in both cities and suburbs own cell phones, and the numbers are similar regardless of education or economic level. Pew also says the majority of cell phone owners (81%) use their phones to send or receive text messages and to access the Internet (60%).
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