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Mobile devices affect your health, what can you do about it (infographic)

Mobile devices affect your health, what can you do about it (infographic)

Posted: 11 Jul 2012, 08:14, by Daniel P.

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Mobile devices affect your health, what can you do about it (infographic)

We know that stooping over those relatively small smartphone and tablet screens and straining our eyes for hours on end is not what are bodies were made to do, so shoehorning our vision, hearing and posture to use the fruits of the Great Mobile Revolution can't come without consequences.

This infographic from an eyewear retailer, however, is probably the most comprehensive warning we've seen, and in the most digestible format, of how exactly using smartphones and tablets for a long time affects us in a negative way.

Starting with relatively minor issues like dry eyes, and continuing through lost sleep because of irradiation, up to the stark warning that immobility now leads to arthritis in 15-year olds, it is a wake-up call that we should address the ways we are using our gadgets on a daily basis. The compilation has some basic rules displayed for dealing with the negative consequences as well, so check it out below.

source: Mezzmer via AAS

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1. PAPINYC (limited) 2 hours ago posted on 11 Jul 2012, 08:28 0 0

I only stoop, squint, bend and strain whilst using my iPhone 4S with its' lovely 3.5" screen (or, when I'm on the loo-loo having a rough time; yet sometimes whilst engaging in the two activities simultaneously). However, when I'm using my Samsung dis-CHARGE there's no straining of any kind on my part. Currently, I am engaged simultaneously in the two aforementioned acts above.

Just honest input (or, right now, output) from a loyal reader.

2. chuckster123 posted on 11 Jul 2012, 09:07 1 2

This article is pretty much telling us what we already knew...

3. AnotherOne posted on 11 Jul 2012, 10:25 2 0

I'm actually going to take this into consideration.

4. Stuntman posted on 11 Jul 2012, 12:09 0 0

I'm not a fan of using voice recognition to text while driving. I tried it a few times and found that even using voice commands, it was way to distracting for me, so I stopped doing it. I'll just text after I reached my destination.

5. jmoita2 posted on 11 Jul 2012, 12:34 0 0

I've actually seen similar charts on TV watching. What can one do about it? Next to nothing, so I'm not going to worry about it...

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- Announced: 14 Mar 2013
- OS: Android 4.2.2
- Hardware: Quad core, 1900 MHz, Krait 300, 2048 MB RAM
- Display: 5.0 inches, 1080 x 1920 pixels, Capacitive Touchscreen
- Camera 13 megapixels, 1920x1080 (1080p HD) video
- Technology: GSM (850 900 1800 1900)
- Data: LTE Cat3 Downlink 100 Mbit/s LTE Cat3/4 Uplink 50 Mbit/s HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s UMTS EDGE GPRS
Apple iPhone 5
- Announced: 12 Sep 2012
- OS: iOS
- Hardware: Dual core, 1300 MHz, Apple Swift, 1016 MB RAM
- Display: 4.0 inches, 640 x 1136 pixels, Capacitive Touchscreen
- Camera 8 megapixels, 1920x1080 (1080p HD) video
- Technology: GSM (850 900 1800 1900), CDMA (800 1700/2100 1900)
- Data: LTE Cat3 Downlink 100 Mbit/s HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s UMTS EDGE GPRS EV-DO Rev.A EV-DO Rev.B
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- Announced: 29 Aug 2012
- OS: Android 4.1.2 4.1.1
- Hardware: Quad core, 1600 MHz, ARM Cortex-A9, 2048 MB RAM
- Display: 5.5 inches, 720 x 1280 pixels, Capacitive Touchscreen
- Camera 8 megapixels, 1920x1080 (1080p HD) video
- Battery: 35 hours of Talk Time, 980 hours of Stand-by
- Technology: GSM (850 900 1800 1900)
- Data: LTE Cat3 Downlink 100 Mbit/s LTE Cat3/4 Uplink 50 Mbit/s HSDPA+ (4G) 21.1 Mbit/s HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s UMTS EDGE GPRS
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- OS: Android 4.1.2
- Hardware: Quad core, 1700 MHz, Krait 300, 2048 MB RAM
- Display: 4.7 inches, 1080 x 1920 pixels, Capacitive Touchscreen
- Camera 4 megapixels, 1920x1080 (1080p HD) video
- Technology: GSM (850 900 1800 1900), CDMA (800 1900)
- Data: LTE HSPA (unspecified) UMTS EDGE GPRS
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- OS: Android 4.1.2
- Hardware: Quad core, 1500 MHz, Krait, 2048 MB RAM
- Display: 5.0 inches, 1080 x 1920 pixels, Capacitive Touchscreen
- Camera 13.1 megapixels, 1920x1080 (1080p HD) video
- Battery: 11 hours of Talk Time, 550 hours of Stand-by
- Technology: GSM (850 900 1800 1900)
- Data: LTE Cat3 Downlink 100 Mbit/s LTE Cat3/4 Uplink 50 Mbit/s HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s UMTS EDGE GPRS
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- Announced: 29 Oct 2012
- OS: Android 4.2.2 4.2.1 4.2
- Hardware: Quad core, 1500 MHz, Krait, 2048 MB RAM
- Display: 4.7 inches, 768 x 1280 pixels, Capacitive Touchscreen
- Camera 8 megapixels, 1920x1080 (1080p HD) video
- Battery: 15.3 hours of Talk Time, 390 hours of Stand-by
- Technology: GSM (850 900 1800 1900)
- Data: HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s UMTS EDGE GPRS
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- OS: Android 4.1.2 4.0.4
- Hardware: Quad core, 1500 MHz, Krait, 2048 MB RAM
- Display: 4.7 inches, 768 x 1280 pixels, Capacitive Touchscreen
- Camera 13 megapixels, 1920x1080 (1080p HD) video
- Battery: 15 hours of Talk Time, 335 hours of Stand-by
- Technology: GSM (850 900 1800 1900)
- Data: LTE HSPA (unspecified) UMTS EDGE GPRS
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- Announced: 05 Sep 2012
- OS: Windows Phone 8
- Hardware: Dual core, 1500 MHz, Krait, 1024 MB RAM
- Display: 4.5 inches, 768 x 1280 pixels, Capacitive Touchscreen
- Camera 8.7 megapixels, 1920x1080 (1080p HD) video
- Battery: 17 hours of Talk Time, 400 hours of Stand-by
- Technology: GSM (850 900 1800 1900)
- Data: LTE Cat3 Downlink 100 Mbit/s LTE Cat3/4 Uplink 50 Mbit/s HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s UMTS EDGE GPRS

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