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Do you sleep next to your phone?

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This is an unintentional habit I need to kick. I often fall asleep to an audio file playing and will wake up ~an hour later and put my phone on a desk a few feet away, or worse, just a foot away from me on the bed. It's usually on wifi and I'm in the camp that is leery of that, let alone RF https://www.livestrong.com/article/13708684-sleeping-next-to-your-phone-could-seriously-damage-your-health/

 

I'm going to try 5 ft away and airplane mode. I've probably spent almost every night for the last two years questionably close to it.

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RF is bullshit. Pretty much everyone on the planet carry a device with multiple transmitters (WiFi, bluetooth, LTE, NFC) at all times. Most males carry it in their pockets, inches from their junk.

 

Many people then strap a smart watch to their wrist, with another transmitter. Or Bluetooth headphones or earpiece nestled right next to their brain.

 

If you, like I do, live in an apartment building, there are probably more than 20 WiFi networks transmitting within range of you at any given time, not counting cell phones, microwaves, and good old fashioned FM radio.

 

If there was a major risk to this, wed have seen it by now.

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i sleep with my phone either on my nightstand, or sometimes just nod off after reading message boards to help with insomnia and leave it nearby in bed.

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No. It is in another room. I dont always take it with me either.

 

We arent nearly as important as we think we are, and critical calls/messages are few and far between.

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RF is bullshit. Pretty much everyone on the planet carry a device with multiple transmitters (WiFi, bluetooth, LTE, NFC) at all times. Most males carry it in their pockets, inches from their junk.

Many people then strap a smart watch to their wrist, with another transmitter. Or Bluetooth headphones or earpiece nestled right next to their brain.

If you, like I do, live in an apartment building, there are probably more than 20 WiFi networks transmitting within range of you at any given time, not counting cell phones, microwaves, and good old fashioned FM radio.

If there was a major risk to this, wed have seen it by now.

I dont think there is definitive data, but it takes a long time for cancer to develop. RF is not ionizing radiation though, which is what we typically associate with carcinogenesis.

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No. It is in another room. I dont always take it with me either.

 

We arent nearly as important as we think we are, and critical calls/messages are few and far between.

I bring mine to entertain myself, not for messages.

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Ever since we got married my phone won't sleep with me anymore

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Yup, on the nightstand every night. I sleep like a rock though so don't bother getting ahold of me at night

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Tip, if your SO suddenly starts Moving his,her phone out of the room, they're cheating and afraid their dl will text while you're there.

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Tip, if your SO suddenly starts Moving his,her phone out of the room, they're cheating and afraid their dl will text while you're there.

 

Especially if they suddenly use the excuse of not being as important as they think they are.

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Well, they also fvck with restorative sleep.

I have it set it mute at night automatically. Only my fiancée and mothers numbers are allowed to ring last ten pm, in case of emergency. Anyone else gets routed straight to voicemail.

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No. It is in another room. I dont always take it with me either.

 

We arent nearly as important as we think we are, and critical calls/messages are few and far between.

 

Agreed, but since i live closest to the office, I'm #1 on the if a door/motion sensor alarm goes off...so the phone is charging on the nightstand. Those twice a year 3AM calls to meet the police at the office to turn off an alarm because a fan blew a paper across the office are just the best.

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Two phones. I use the one in my hands to call the one strapped to my cawk in vibrate mode.

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I keep mine charging on the floor about 5 feet away from me. It gets me up when used as an alarm. I can get to it if there is an emergency, but it is not so accessible that it impacts my sleep.

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Phones are highly customizable these days, my don't disturb mode is setup to only allow a few numbers to get through. All other notifications are disabled while in that mode.

 

My phone servers as my alarm clock as well.

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Mine is in the night stand charging every night. It serves as my morning alarm.

This.

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I sleep with my phone on vibrate and in the other room.

 

my fitbit vibrates if anyone calls me.

 

few weeks ago, I was woken up by someone that called me 3 straight times at 12:30

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I use it as my alarm clock and every weekday have a work call at 6am. It's right next to my bed.

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I use it as my alarm clock and every weekday have a work call at 6am. It's right next to my bed.

Same here. It replaced my alarm clock/radio 5 or 6 years ago. Only my phone doesn't quite take the beating my many alarm clocks did. The snooze button was always the 1st thing to go.

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There not a lot of sleeping going on if you know what I mean :banana:

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I have it set it mute at night automatically. Only my fiancée and mothers numbers are allowed to ring last ten pm, in case of emergency. Anyone else gets routed straight to voicemail.

 

I keep my phone by my bed when: (1) my youngest daughter is out, or (2) I'm on travel and need an alarm. I keep everyone but my wife and kids on block during the night.

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