In the new world of the mobile smartphone there are some strange things that are bound to happen. One is feeling something that is not really there. Do not worry, this does not happen to everyone. Read on to find out about the phantom feelings some smartphones give to their users.
Do you feel your phone vibrates when it is not? Has this happened to you? Let us know.
Has This Happened To You?
Perhaps you are expecting an important call from the boss. Perhaps you are madly in love with your sweetheart and waiting for their call. Maybe you want to finish your argument with that rude person you were talking to earlier. You feel your smartphone vibrate, and you think, “Aha! Its them!”. You feverishly grab your handset out of your pocket and you quickly take a look at the Caller ID to make sure you were right. But there is nothing there. No one really called, it was just your imagination. You put your smartphone back in your pocket and wait some more.
The Phantom Of The Smartphone
So, what just happened? Some call it “phantom vibrations”. Imagining something that is not happening, just because a person is expecting or wanting it to happen with plenty of emotion. Those who have opted to get a smartphone for work are particularly susceptible to this type of symptom. The end result is that the tool that was supposed to be helping them through the day becomes the tool that destroys their day. Perhaps not everyone can handle owning or using a smartphone.
Stress Is Linked To Smartphones
A small study has lent some credibility to the fact that some are so obsessive about their smartphone that they think it is buzzing in their pocket when it is not. One hundred volunteers were tasked to be guinea pigs from various walks of life. The results of the study found that the level of stress was linked to the use of smartphones. Those with the highest levels of stress were the most likely to feel the phantom vibrations.
Some Do Not Know How To Handle A Smartphone
Apparently staying up to date with emails, text messages and the like is a more stressful pressure than a benefit for some. Those who were caught in the vicious cycle of wondering if they had received a text message they had not read were the most pitiful. Constantly being under the influence of the mobile device in their pocket produced neurotic conditions for some. This group was the one who needed this influence the least.
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Are you one of the smartphone users that has been experiencing the feeling of phantom vibratons? Tell us in the comments.
About the author : Didier is a freelance writer that loves to write on everything related to tech. He is also a contributor to www.HowToTradeCommodities.co.uk where you can get some useful tips when it comes to investment.
Yes, this actually happened to me and I really had a hard time just to solve the problem. good thing I was able to see this post of your and I was able to gain another excellent knowledge for today. Your site really is very helpful and useful.
It seems that this has become very common nowadays, thanks for commenting Liane.
Yes Peter and this may also be one of the problems that smartphone users will be encountering in the future.
Great post! Helps me explain to people why I don’t have a smartphone and why I have no intention of getting one, lol!
Best,
Michael
Michael,
lol
I love my iPhone and feel no stress, but it’s true that sometimes I believe I can feel it in my pocket, when the phone is actually on the table. Haven’t paid too much attention to that, though…
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Thanks for the comment Diana.
This happens to me a few times a month. I keep my phone in my jacket when I drive and I could SWEAR it vibrates. I dig it out, but alas, no call.
I *know* it vibrated! I just know it.
-Steve
That’s not good Steve, checking on your phone while driving is dangerous, maybe you should consider switching it off when you drive?
I hate hi tech gadgets because they make us lazy and let us not think about on any topic. Suppose you have a smartphone and internet is available on that . if you stuck at anything then you will not gonna use your mind and just you will go an Google that. These habits makes memory and concentration weak.
There are pros and cons I guess Puneet, thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Interesting post. I always though I was weird that I used to have that feeling. But nowadays I don’t really expect many important calls and I don’t care too much so I don’t check my phone that often. But I do have a new habbit of automatically moving to the screen with facebook status and check for updates.
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Glad to know you’re not one of those experiencing the feeling of phantom vibrations Danny… Oh wait, I feel my phone is vibrating…… hahahaha
I have similar symptoms but instead of feeling vibration I have visual hallucinations
I always see how on my cellphone LED indicator bilks when it stays out of my view.
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LOL… Jean
It is the faster World, include to have a smartphone, what make Us Sick.
It really is eerie after reading this because it blows me away as to just how much of an impact our smartphones are having on us! I know that whenever I’m wearing a pair of jeans I’ll often feel a phantom vibration on my right thigh where my phone usually rests against my leg in my pocket, regardless of whether I have it on me or not!
I just hope hope that, aside from this quirky phenomenon, there are no other lingering side effect to pronlonged use of the cell/smart phone!
Anita.
Now it explains my issues, I also have been suffering from some of its symptoms. Maybe I will get rid of my cellphone now or just use it not very often though. Thanks for your post I learned a lot from it.
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We receive phone calls, sms, emails, all sorts of notifications and no doubt we are under tension.
Definitely stress is linked to smartphones..
I am under “phantom vibrations” right now, while waiting for my sweetheart to call
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