A smartphone can be a blessing or a curse, depending on how people use it. If smartphone users stick to good mobile habits, they can optimize their lives and increase the life of their devices. On the other hand, certain habits can be just as damaging for smartphones and their users. Based on these considerations, here are a few smartphone habits that one should stay clear of on a daily basis. Constantly checking the phone Smartphones are designed to be addictive. The relentless stream of beeps and chimes informs users about notifications from every possible app on their devices. Between such alerts, text messages, and other notifications, users give in and end up checking their smartphones every few seconds. This habit is problematic, as it slowly drains away both the smartphone battery and users’ concentration spans. Due to digital saturation, various focus-based studies have found that smartphone users’ attention spans have dropped to about seven to eight seconds in recent decades. Heavy cell phone usage, which includes endless social media scrolling and web browsing, is one of the main factors behind depleting attention spans. Doomscrolling on social media apps Social media platforms are forever bustling with new updates: a close friend getting engaged, a pop star releasing a new single, a new meme doing the rounds, random celebrities throwing barbs at each other, and so on.