{"id":333157,"date":"2018-02-05T13:39:25","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T05:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/phone-hacks-5-settings-phone-make-less-addictive-333157.html"},"modified":"2019-05-03T01:23:23","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T17:23:23","slug":"phone-hacks-5-settings-phone-make-less-addictive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/healthy-practices-hk\/wellbeing-tips-hk\/phone-hacks-5-settings-phone-make-less-addictive-333157.html","title":{"rendered":"Phone Hacks: 5 Phone settings that can help kick your smartphone addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"  <p>Are you <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/parenting\/family-matters\/parents-addicted-smartphone-harm-kids-224856.html\">addicted to your phone<\/a>? Chances are, you'll say no. However, studies show that most people severely underestimate how much time they spend on their phone.<\/p> <p>According to The Straits Times, people in Singapore spend 3 hours and 12 minutes on their phone on average each day. That's almost <em>one whole day a week<\/em> (22 hours and 40 minutes), which is just under 50 days a year alone, on our phones.<\/p> <p>To make matters worse, women seem to be on the wrong side of the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/health\/medical-news\/tetris-game-makes-addict-helps-fight-addiction-121118.html\"> addiction<\/a>, as they use their phones more than men. Studies from UKOM found that 25 to 35 year-old women spend 9% more <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/health\/healthy-practices\/wellbeing-tips\/5-ways-to-relax-your-mind-without-technology-164683.html#item=1\">time on their phone<\/a>\u00a0than men do.<\/p> <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/lifelove\/coaching-lifelove\/disconnect-from-mobile-phones-72034.html#item=1\">Many of us struggle to find enough minutes in the day<\/a>, so it's a shame to hear how much of it we can waste on our phones. Curbing an addiction is hard, so we've got a few tips to help you start.<\/p> <p>Try these simple setting adjustments on your phone to stop you from screen swiping for so long! P.S. These hacks can be used on both Apple and Android phones.<\/p> <p><em>Shelina Assomull<\/em><\/p> <h2> <span>Read More:<\/span> <\/h2> <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/lifelove\/decoding\/pourquoi-je-ne-lache-jamais-mon-smartphone-84924.html\">Smartphone addiction: Nomophobia is real!<\/a><\/p> <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/parenting\/parenting-tips\/new-study-smartphone-addiction-makes-teenagers-unhappy-296809.html#item=1\">New Study: Are teenagers addicted to their smartphones unhappy?<\/a><\/p>  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Battling a smartphone addiction you can't kick? 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