Sleeping with smartphones, and other vices

Too close for comfort: Sixty percent of those surveyed said they slept holding their handsets. Photo: AFP Relaxnews

WASHINGTON: Consumers around the world admit it: they sleep with their smartphone, take it in the shower, and would rescue the device from a fire before saving the family cat. 

Those are among the findings of a seven-country survey of more than 7,000 people about smartphone habits released by Motorola, the newly acquired division of Chinese electronics giant Lenovo.