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34% of French people have the phobia of running out of battery on their phone according to a survey conducted by OpinionWay for Oppo, the Chinese smartphone maker.
39% of respondents fear that being without battery, they miss an SMS or an important phone call, 18% believe that they could get lost in the absence of GPS or arrive late, relays RMC.
For 4% of respondents, running out of battery is also missing a good opportunity to make a story or a photo.
The radio has collected some testimonies.
A mother reveals that she never goes out without her smartphone and does not hesitate to come back to her home to recharge it.
An airline pilot explains that he does not go out if the capacity of his battery is less than 80%.
“It's a bit of a 21st century drug,” he says.
A blanket, a palliative ...
For Michael Stora, founder of the Observatory of Digital Worlds in the Humanities, this fear of running out of battery hides the fear of loneliness.
The telephone has become a security blanket which "will finally come to fill the absence of the mother, it will be a kind of palliative" he affirms.
"This object is invested affectively as a sort of way of feeling less alone", concludes the psychologist.
To alleviate this anxiety of loneliness in the event of a battery failure, the psychologist recommends talking to the people around us.
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