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Smartphones With Moving Eyes



Phones are just phones, right? Wrong. If you have heard about the LG AKA smartphone you'd be forgiven for thinking the gadget world has gone mad; smartphones are no longer just a way to contact others and keep up to date using apps, they are now your best friends too.


LG have released a new mobile and though currently not available in the UK or US and with no confirmed plans to be, they've caused quite a stir. This is because they are smartphones with moving eyes and personalities.


Moving Eyes and Smartphone Characters 

The LG AKA comes in four colours, each with its own character; Wooky (white), Yo-Yo (pink), Soul (black) and Eggy (yellow). Each option has its own smartphone personality, for example Yo-Yo struggles with diet and Soul is a lover of all things music. 


Each individual AKA has moving eyes embedded into the back of the phone with the aim of establishing an emotional connection of friendship with their owner. The AKA’s eyes react to the user and are able to notify them of different notifications; for example, they appear ‘dizzy’ when the phone is moved or shaken and their eye colour changes to signify different emotional states. 


Smartphones With Moving Eyes, Just a Novelty? 

The phone itself is nothing too different from what we have seen in other recent smartphone additions, in fact the screen is actually smaller than most but are the moving eyes enough to make this smartphone the next must-have gadget? 


It's unlikely. The phone itself doesn't offer much that can't be found on another model, other than the implementation of a smartphone character, which many argue is likely to only be a novelty. Luckily, if you get bored of your chosen character, whether that be Eggy or one of his friends, you can opt for another by changing the phone case. 


Though this smartphone offers little exact other than things for novelty value, they are ideal for those who miss the work of Sims or Tamagotchi; both games allowed users to create ‘friends’ and characters with specific personality traits to live in a virtual world. Furthermore, for those who are getting a little bored with the same smartphone features that appear on every phone and are unimpressed by the recent additions, such as the iPhone 6, the LG AKA may offer that much-needed something different. 


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Three Quarters of Brits suffer from nomophobia – the fear of being without your phone

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Do you lie in bed at night scrolling through your Facebook timeline? Is Twitter the first thing you do before when you wake up?

There are 40 million smartphone owners in Britain and the devices have become invaluable to the day-to-day lives of many users so we surveyed 2000 Brits to find out exactly how people are using the devices.

Our survey found that 73% of smartphone-owning Brits become anxious when they don’t have access to their mobile phone.

The average Briton uses their phone 2 hours and 54 minutes a day, though paling in comparison to the average 18 to 24-year-old who racks up a huge 6 hours 17 minutes a day.

We also found out what people use their phones for. Facebook takes up most people’s time with an average of 23 minutes a day on the social media platform, followed by 17 and a half minutes spent texting, 17 minutes listening to music and 13 minutes making calls.

People are so addicted to their mobile that one in ten admitted to checking their social media while at the cinema and 12% browsing their timeline when they were on a date.

Almost half (44%) of respondents said they would be worse off without their smartphone with 15% saying they couldn’t live without it.

Despite being so reliant on their devices, a third of those surveyed admitted they never back up their data and two thirds don’t have their phone insured.

The data also found that Brits acknowledge the ways their phone addiction is inhibiting their life with an estimated 5,000,000 Brits saying checking their phone stops them from getting a good night’s sleep.

The figures suggest almost two and a half million Brits’ gadget usage is getting in the way of housework, preparing food or caring for themselves and their children, and over 700,000 Brits believe it has also gotten in the way of their sex life.

Thomas Stewart, chartered psychologist with the British Psychological Society said the phenomenon will "only get worse" as we become more reliant on the technology to function in modern society.

However his prognosis is not all doom and gloom, he said: "Calling it a phobia is a bit over dramatic, the truth is today phones have invaluable technology which we need on a day-to-day basis.

"Not having access to Facebook so you can't see someone's pointless post is one thing but not being able to access emails, look at your bank account, book flights or hotels on the fly - that can be cause of concern."

People said they were most anxious when they left their phone at home or the battery dies and they were unable to use it. Limited signal was next on the list followed by when someone else is using their phone and when they run out of data.

The most common reason for feeling anxious was not being able to contact friends and family (52%) followed by being unable to be contacted (43%), being unable to check social media (18%), being unable to check the news (15%) and being unable to take photos and videos (8%)


Where people use their phones

Watching TV

58.3%

At work

54.5%

Talking to friends

50.9%

Travelling

49.0%

Eating

34.9%

Commuting

34.7%

Going to bed

32.4%

Using toilet

29.3%

Driving

19.8%

Washing

13.7%

On a date

13.5%

At the cinema

12.6%

At the gym

11.3%


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