Mobile Phones Are More Important Than Sex

We all know that digital devices such as smartphones have changed our behaviour fundamentally. A recent study suggests that our affliction with mobile phones may even endanger the continuity of our species.

The data published by Harris Interactive suggests that U.S. adults are more willing to live without sex than to get rid of their beloved mobile phones. Let's hope that this is not actually the case, otherwise we might one day run out of people we can text, call or share cute cat pictures with.

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Percentage of U.S. adults who could not live without the following things.

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What would millennials rather do without for the duration of one month - sex or their smartphone?
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Share of people unable to imagine life without their smartphone in 56 countries & territories worldwide, as of February 2024
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Leading ways mobile phones improve lives among respondents in Malaysia as of August 2024
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Attitudes towards consumer electronics in the U.S. as of September 2025
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Effect of smartphones on teenagers in the United States in 2024
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Importance of online privacy for consumers in the United States as a factor considered when choosing a mobile phone as of February 2022

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