# Is your phone always at/in hand?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-phone-always-at-in-hand/1024001>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 15, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-phone-always-at-in-hand/1024001 "2025-10-15T18:20:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2025, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-phone-always-at-in-hand/1024001/101 "2025-12-01T19:28:29Z")

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I’m doing something similar with a product called Brick. It works wonderfully. I’ve since found all kind of new and interesting ways to waste the time I used to spend on my phone.

> **[Brick — Take Back Control of Your Screen Time](https://getbrick.app/)**
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> Brick helps you focus and live intentionally. One tap locks your phone so you can reclaim time for what matters most. Works with iPhone & Android.

I keep my Brick in the laundry room down the hall. The answer to “Do I want to use this app badly enough to walk aaaaalll the way down the hall?” is almost always “no.”

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**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2025, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-phone-always-at-in-hand/1024001/102 "2025-12-01T19:29:29Z")

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Always. But then again it connects to my constant glucose monitor, and that won’t work if it’s more than about 30 feet away. And since my sugar levels are highly volatile, it’s not a good idea for me to keep it anywhere other than in/at hand.

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2025, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-phone-always-at-in-hand/1024001/103 "2025-12-02T07:49:16Z")

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> [@FairyChatMom](#):
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> Your turn!

Always with me, unless I’m in my skivvies or nuddy. At home or not. I use my handbrain all the time.

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