Mexico City /
The nomophobia, he fear of being disconnected of the cellular, It is a condition that affects 47 percent of Mexicans, which experience anxiety when your apparatus not working, This is according to a study of 3 thousand Latin Americans from Nomophobia.com.
“They are increasingly reliant on their cell phones, which is worrying given the psychological and physical implications this has on populations,” said Patrick O’Neill, creator of Nomophobia.com.
According to the digital consultant, 69 percent of Mexicans they said they had a cellular, while 30 percent reported having two.
It was also revealed that the users They claim to use their mobile phone in places unusual, among them: religious events (15 percent), in the bicycle (9 percent) and others during sexual relations (5 percent).
Meanwhile, in other countries it was found that 71 percent of users of Brazil, said that “not having a phone is like being lost”, followed by Chili (55 percent) and finally Mexico (54 percent).
Likewise, 23 percent of latin americans considers that the mobiles are more important than friends and the relatives.
In a statement, The Competitive Intelligence Unit (The CIU) He detailed that Mexico move more than 125 billion pesos per year in the market smartphones, in addition to device brand preferences.
Users use their devices according to their tastes or needs, the report Nomophobia confirms that 75 percent uses it to listen to music, see movies and play, while 51 percent uses it for learning and the 10 percent for sentimental situations.
Nomophobia also refers to panic generated by having lost the phone, or updating better equipment.
“The average expense of replacing a smartphone in Mexico reached 4,520 pesos per user,” stated the report from The CIU.
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