41.2% bathe with cell phones, poll finds

Wednesday 19th March, 09:37 AM JST

TOKYO —

A survey released Tuesday showed that 41.2% of people in Japan have at least once taken their cell phones to the bathtub to make calls, type emails, listen to music or play games.

The practice extends across all sexes and ages, although teenagers were the most likely to have bathed with their phones, according to the poll of 16,250 people carried out by video-game maker Sega. The most common reason for taking the phone to the tub was to type emails, followed closely by listening to music.

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pvariel at 05:43 PM JST - 3rd April

I fully agree with Yongfook. mad! mad! and mad.!!!!!!!!!and so sad about this crazy nature. pvariel@gmail.com
springblossom5 at 10:35 AM JST - 6th May

Yea I do agree with that survey sounds like crazy but that thing did also happen to me.So its a bit of amnesia sometimes.But things will make to do not do it again.So no cell phones will be easily ruined because "Bathing with It".(Nice sort of Advice.)

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rajakumar at 05:21 AM JST - 26th June

Phones and laptops,these are today's prized possessions. Many can't leave them even,for one second.