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become compulsive about phone use and being online, for sure. Not just kids, many adults are overly dependent on smartphones.

I noticed it in a couple of friends when smartphones became so popular years back.

One who had recently switched from a flip phone to a new smartphone really ticked me off. We were good friends and got together at his place. But from the start he kept staring at the smartphone, totally mesmerized.

More than an hour went by, and I finally asked if he was expecting some important call. No response, another half an hour. Finally I said, you asked me out, what's up? No reply again, so I took the phone and threw it out the window. No more problems after that, tg!