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Smartphone use in bed: Nothing unusual for a long time
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Is that the morning sun or the cell phone light?
According to a representative AdAlliance study, 40 percent of Germans start their day with a glance at their smartphone, immediately after waking up or in the ten minutes afterwards.
For people under the age of 29, this value is even 61 percent.
And in the evening it is no different: just before going to sleep or shortly before, a good 40 percent of all respondents also look at their cell phones.
Are these habits that should be broken down?
How can people find out exactly how much time they spend using apps like WhatsApp or Instagram?
And how do you counteract problems with cell phone use without banning the device entirely from your life?
Author Christoph Koch is an expert on such questions.
In his new book "Digital Balance - Living Easily with Smart Mobile Phones" he gives tips on how to use smartphones more consciously.
SPIEGEL spoke to Koch on the phone - after the initial disconnection on his cell phone, incidentally, via a landline.
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