Tony Baird: Research: More People Concerned with Mobile Compared Couples

Through mobile phones, we are now able to connect with the outside world. Read news, find out the status of your friends on social media or shopping, all can be done only with 'tapped' fingers. Various benefits provided by mobile phones often makes a person become a dependency.

Then, if the phone provides benefits for romance or domestic life? A new study describes the facts.

A smart phone or tablet was able to seize attention. From the results of a survey by the Nationwide Building Society's FlexPlus Current Account, as much as 58% of people can not live without cell phones more than a day.

Research conducted by the 2,000 respondents found that 53% of respondents admitted first thing in the morning she is looking for is the phone before speaking with a partner. Another fact is more surprising is 42% more than a day to remember the location of the mobile phone so as a couple.

That suggests that people are more concerned with his mobile phone than a partner. Another thing revealed by this research is as much as 66% percent feel unhappy when not holding the phone in his hand.

Researchers also found that many people now carry their cell phone to the toilet. The fact is of course a lot of people by surprise. Nationwide head of FlexPlus Current Account, Dan King asserts that there is something wrong in our social world today.

"It seems that many people are prioritizing their phones rather than as a couple. This shows that the phone is already embedded in our culture, we have been used to save memory, information and contacts in one device," said King, as quoted by the Huffington Post.


Towards this day of love, you should start to learn to be able to release mobile phones and other gadgets for more attention to the couple. Of course the best thing is life