I agree but the cut-off date is too late. Thus I have to vote against this proposal too. If you make another end result with the cut-off date by end of 2020, I'll be voting for it.

You are right. I could not edit, so proposed it again, with the year-end cut-off date.

due to Covid-19, when people are at home, other than TV, for sure it's smartphones in hand.

That's not the result. The result is "more than 25%". Easily: "A study reveals 66% of Americans check their phones 160 times every day." https://smallbiztrends.com/2020/03/2020-mobile-ph…

@alfie then please vote against the proposal by Herbert R. and vote also for your own proposal.

I see this article was published this year in march and that is three months passed the dead line. I really don't know the proper procedure or how the proposed result works so please forgive me if I am not supposed to argue this proposed result but I did find some results of a global survey that was conducted last year that states it is less than 25% of people that are addicted to their phones I am going to add the URL to the page I am speaking of. More specifically the info I am referring to is the survey results towards the bottom of the page that is actually titled "How many people consider themselves addicted to their phone?"

https://www.reviews.org/mobile/cell-phone-addicti…

Here is the link to the study mentioned in the cnn-article:
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsy…

I see that the study is not in line with the rules of this question (addiction = >=50 times per day checking the phone as reported by a consumer trends report) but I still think that we can use that study even though it uses a different scale to determine the addiction.

Hi Jentri,
Users are free to dispute proposed results and anybody can propose a more accurate result. That is why the results are voted on. However, we see 2 problems with your source:
1. Your source is dated Feb. 11, 2020, which is before the reference date.
2. The results of this survey are self-reported, and thus not very objective, as people often put themselves in a better light.
But by all means, you are free to propose that result.

Thank you for the extra info. I will keep searching for a more credible source "that supports my prediction" of course lol. Thank you again.