A negative for me would be not being able to read whenever I have to wait on something. I have read more books than ever before because I have them on my phone.<p>It sounds like a lot of people in this thread do not need to quit using a smart phone, and instead need to quit facebook. I don&#x27;t do FB and do not have many alerts at all on my phone. My email apps are smart enough to only show me alerts for things that matter and everything else I get to when I get to it.<p>I do agree with you on one thing though. When hanging out with people leave your phones in the car. Nothing is more annoying that having a conversation and people messing around on their phones.