Cellphones: More Addicting than Sex or Money

Thu Sep 6, 2007 9:45PM EDT

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I know people are addicted to a lot of things, but it's sad to hear cellphones are at the top of the addiction pyramid. I got obsessions, but having a cellphone isn't one of them, and I certainly wouldn't give up money, sex, or even chocolate to have one. I mean really, what did we ever do without cellphones?

Reuters reports that the Carphone Warehouse and the London School of Economics found that one in three people wouldn't give up their cellphone for a million dollars. As a matter of fact, they "would rather give up alcohol, chocolate, sex, tea, or coffee than live without their mobile phone for a month." Responses varied among the 1,256 participants, but the survey did found young Britons under 24 were less willing to give up their mobile, than those over 45. Makes sense since the 45 and over age group didn't grow up with cellphones.

Geeksugar turned around and conducted its own survey posing the same question to their readers. Seems to me Americans are more willing to give up their mobile addiction for money. What would you trade for a month without a cellphone? Would you even consider it?

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