Introduction
According to the most recent report from the Pew Research Center, published in January 2024: U.S. Adults spend an average of 4 hours and 33 minutes, an increase of 43% over 2020 (3 hours and 12 minutes). Youth (13-18 years old) up to 7 hours and 02 minutes per day (including recreation, learning and socializing).
Intense use of mobile phones is bound to lead to a series of physical discomfort. Based on specific data on health effects (United States Local Study) , The incidence of cervical spondylosis: Among users with a daily average of ≥5 hours, 38% were diagnosed with cervical degenerative disease (Mayo Clinic, 2023 cohort study).
In addition to physical harm, it will also bring negative psychological effects to people: Adolescents with ≥7 hours of daily use were 2.8 times more likely to detect depressive symptoms than those with low use (< 2 hours) (CDC Adolescent Risk Behavior Surveillance, 2024).
So what are the causes of these conditions and how to prevent and reduce damage to the body? As a focus on the development of mobile phone accessories, GaNinno will provide you with some help and advice from the perspective of mobile phone accessories sellers.
The reasons and hazards of people using mobile phones for a long time
People spend fragments of their lives or short periods of alone time on their phones：
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Social needs: As a communication tool, people need to rely on mobile phones to contact and socialize with friends or others；
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Leisure and entertainment: the functions of mobile phones are becoming more and more comprehensive. When people want to be entertained and relaxed, they will choose to play games, watch dramas, read novels, shop online, read news, and scroll Tiktok. These behaviors can be completed on mobile phones.
Easy to induce a variety of physical discomfort：
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Long screen time leads to eye fatigue, dry eyes, vision loss and so on；
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Looking down at your phone for too long can cause your neck to lean forward；
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If you lie down before going to bed to play the phone or in the dark for a long time to look at the phone can lead to astigmatism；
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There is also a great probability of affecting mental health, addiction to the virtual network world will make people more closed heart, unable to communicate with people in real life.
How to explain people's obsession with mobile phones
Some people will think that the love of playing mobile phones and surfing the Internet is because of the highly corrosive phenomenon of the Internet in today's era, and that people's behavior is a reflection of assimilation, because life is too tired, too much work, too little personal time, and so on.
People perform a series of actions in order to achieve a certain goal. Does that mean that people use their phones for a long time in order to harm their bodies? No, but for the reasons mentioned above: whether it is for social needs or leisure, the purpose of these actions is to connect with others and to make oneself happy and feel relaxed.
Nowadays, fast-paced social development makes it more and more difficult for people to calm down and feel the "slow life", and people have little patience, so they are more willing to use mobile phones to obtain short and quick feedback effects to meet their basic needs as human beings.
The consequence of this is that it is more and more difficult for people to get satisfaction in their hearts, and what they get is the temporary satisfaction of the void and more and more real physical harm.
How to reduce the harm to the body caused by bad posture using mobile phones?
Due to the widespread use of electronic devices, we use mobile phones for work and social activities in the workplace, even if not during breaks. In this process, in addition to realizing from the bottom of our hearts that we need to quit bad posture, the most important thing to know and do is to act. When we use mobile phones, we should consciously raise our heads, avoid bowing our backs for a long time, and pay attention to the horizontal distance between the human eye and the mobile phone screen.
Even if these factors have been consciously taken into account, people who have long maintained habits are still difficult to change in a short time by themselves. We can borrow some mobile phone accessories to help us better develop a good posture.
Air Mount For Desk
This accessory comes from GaNinno, this product is made of aluminum alloy, which is stronger and more durable. It can be placed on the desktop with its mechanical arm can adjust a variety of angles and height functions, and better solve the bad posture of people using mobile phones for a long time.
R Stand
This mobile phone stand is our best-seller. Compared with the previous larger stand, this one is more convenient to carry around and use, and the overall is very thin and light, and almost no presence on the phone. With the auxiliary support function of the stand, people can more easily adjust the level height of the mobile phone and the line of sight when using the mobile phone, reducing harm to the body.
Long-term healthy and effective social activities can truly meet people's inner needs
Most people choose to use mobile phones or even overuse mobile phones in order to connect with others, which is a short-term way to gain presence, The so-called sense of presence can be understood as a sense of belonging that makes people feel "I exist here". It brings people social feedback quickly, like, comment on a social blog post, or a compliment in a game is getting timely social feedback. It can certainly meet people's immediate needs, but after putting down the phone, all the positive emotional feedback will disappear. People will become more attached to their phones, which will have unhealthy effects on their bodies.
This kind of short-term satisfaction is happy, but what we need more is long-term stable and healthy positive feedback to maintain the relationships we need. In addition to using mobile phones to find an outlet in the virtual online world, we should focus on the real life, and all positive feedback should come from what we can see and touch.
Conclusion
In today’s digital world, our reliance on smartphones is undeniable—yet the physical and mental toll of excessive screen time cannot be ignored. While technology connects us, it is vital to use it carefully to protect our physical and mental health. Don't let bad phone habits hold you back. Upgrade today to GaNinno's phone stands and help us with more scientific accessories. Shop now and take your first step towards a healthier digital lifestyle!
