What If Your Phone Charged Off You?

Your phone says 101%. A battery cannot be more than full, so the extra one came from somewhere. From today your phone charges off you: seven rules, one battery icon above your head, and every rule costs you a little. Every rule comes with one real study: how often people really check their phones, phantom vibrations, notifications you never answer, what looking down does to your neck, texting while walking, people who chose an electric shock over fifteen minutes alone with their thoughts, and screens before bed. By the end you find out how much your phone really takes every day, and it is not one percent. This is a comedy, not medical advice. Flake, the seven rules, the battery count, the boss and the sock coupon are made up. The studies are real. 0:00 101% 0:31 RULE 1: CHECK ME 1:06 RULE 2: FEEL ME 1:34 RULE 3: IGNORE ME 2:16 RULE 4: BOW 2:52 RULE 5: WALK WITH ME 3:20 RULE 6: NEVER BE BORED 4:03 RULE 7: SLEEP WITH ME 4:43 THE REAL NUMBER Sources Andrews, Ellis, Shaw and Piwek, Beyond Self-Report: Tools to Compare Estimated and Real-World Smartphone Use, PLOS ONE (2015): https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases... Drouin, Kaiser and Miller, Phantom vibrations among undergraduates, Computers in Human Behavior (2012): https://slate.com/technology/2012/07/... Stothart, Mitchum and Yehnert, The attentional cost of receiving a cell phone notification, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance (2015): https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases... Hansraj, text neck study, Surgical Technology International (2014): https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-w... Lamberg and Muratori, texting while walking study, Gait & Posture (2012): https://news.stonybrook.edu/newsroom/... Wilson et al., Just think: The challenges of the disengaged mind, Science (2014): https://www.science.org/content/artic... Chang et al., Evening use of light-emitting eReaders negatively affects sleep, circadian timing, and next-morning alertness, PNAS (2015): https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases... Apple, About Charge Limit and Optimized Battery Charging on iPhone: https://support.apple.com/en-us/108055