Jimu news reporter Kang Xuyang
"I always felt like I didn't have enough time, and in retrospect, it seemed like I was used to play with my phone." Recently, Wuhan university student Wang Liu sighed in the circle of friends that her life is being dominated by mobile phones, sometimes she wants to look at mobile phones between learning to relax for a while, but she did not expect to brush down one App after another, and most of the day passed like this, "I want to get rid of the temptation of mobile phones, but it is difficult to control myself." ”
Many people have the same problem: it is easy to pick up the mobile phone, it is difficult to put down the mobile phone, and the machine has become the norm of life. Some merchants have sniffed business opportunities from it and launched "self-discipline artifacts" such as mobile phone timer boxes and mobile phone locks, which can help mobile phone dependents temporarily lock their mobile phones. Can these "self-discipline artifacts" really help quit "mobile phone addiction"?
Mobile phone timer boxes are selling well online
On social platforms, the "self-discipline artifact" that claims to be able to quit mobile phone addiction is loved by the Kaoyan Party and the Kaogong Party. The user only needs to put the mobile phone into the box, set the locking time, and cannot take the mobile phone out of the box for use within the specified time.
Jimu News reporter saw on the e-commerce platform that this "self-discipline artifact" is divided into several types of mobile phone timing boxes, mobile phone locks, mobile phone isolation boxes, etc., with prices ranging from 20 yuan to 200 yuan, many merchants are on sale, and the store with the highest sales volume sells more than 700 orders per month.
A relatively simple "mobile phone box", divided into two parts: timing lock and matching mobile phone box, consumers can also choose to buy only the timing lock, and then find a box to put the mobile phone. The price of the timer lock ranges from 40 yuan to 70 yuan, and the price of the supporting mobile phone box is about 20 yuan. Business introduction, the use of simple and rude: put the mobile phone into the box, and then set the time on the square timing lock, the box can be locked, "and the ordinary lock is different, the timing lock is smart, the key is not in the user's hand, once the time is set, it can not be unlocked at will, in order to achieve the purpose of restricting the use of mobile phones. ”
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Another "mobile phone timing box" that costs about 100 yuan is to combine the box body and the timing lock into one, which looks like a square charging treasure, and there is a display screen to see the locking time and the remaining time to unlock. The user only needs to put the phone in the box, close the lid, press and hold the button on the box to customize the lock time, and release it to complete the disconnection from the phone. According to the merchant, the time box also sets the self-study room mode and the hesitation period to cancel the setting time and other functions, in the study room when the user can press the button three times to enter the silent mode, to avoid disturbing others to learn; before the user sets the lock time to complete the lock, there is a 5-second hesitation time to cancel the lock, and the hesitation time will be automatically locked after the time.
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The above-mentioned "self-discipline artifacts" retain the function of answering calls, and a small window is set up on the box to answer incoming calls. "Sometimes some important calls can't be delayed, but many people will not be able to control their mobile phones after answering the phone." Merchants say the feature is designed to avoid missing important calls while controlling users to play with their phones.
Once locked, is it really impossible to open? Jimu News reporters noticed that these "self-discipline artifacts" have an emergency unlock function. According to the timed lock merchant, the classic lock priced at 40 yuan does not have a unlocking function, but the upgraded metal lock priced at 70 yuan has three emergency unlocking opportunities, and the lock no longer has an emergency unlocking function after the three opportunities are used up, and once locked, it can only wait for the time to automatically unlock.
The "mobile phone time box" merchants with a price of 100 yuan introduced that a box only has two opportunities to open before the end of the countdown, and the button of the box body can be opened urgently by pressing and holding the button of the box for 10 seconds, "After using it twice, there is no way to force it to open, but if the box is out of power during the locking time, it will be restored to the unlocked state by default after charging." ”
Usefulness varies from person to person
Can these "self-discipline artifacts" really help quit "mobile phone addiction"? Users feel differently.
In October last year, Yue Yue, who was preparing for graduate school, spent 92 yuan to buy a mobile phone timer box. "At that time, it was the sprint stage of the examination and research, I bought a control to not play mobile phones, and after I couldn't touch the mobile phone, the learning efficiency did improve a lot." Yue Yue said that the box operation is very convenient, the design is more user-friendly, such as you can answer the phone, "but there are some less convenient places, such as every time you put the phone need to remove the phone case, otherwise you can't put it in; you can't see the phone screen after locking, and sometimes you miss some important messages." When I wanted to use my mobile phone to check the information, the mobile phone was locked and I had to learn other things first. ”
Wang Liu, who lacks self-control but does not want to do "mobile phone control" anymore, also entered the mobile phone timer box. However, it took less than a week and then it was idle. "The box can only temporarily lock my dependence on the phone, once unlocked to get the phone, I will also make up for the time I did not play before, for me who is not strong in self-control, it will not have much effect." Wang Liu told Jimu News that she also tried to download some "self-discipline apps" to control "mobile phone addiction". For example, she installed an App that simulates planting trees on her mobile phone, you can set a certain tree planting time to plant virtual trees in the App, no action is required during the tree planting time, but once she leaves the tree planting page, it means that the tree planting fails, so as to prevent users from using other functions of the mobile phone during the tree planting time.
"I found it hard for me to plant a tree." Wang Liu said that later she tried to download a number of "self-discipline Apps" similar to restricting the use of some functions of mobile phones within a specified period of time, and the effect was not ideal, "Some apps will make a lot of noise after picking up the phone, and they can't turn off." When I want to play with my phone, I can only look for some loopholes to exploit loopholes, or simply uninstall it, completely get rid of control and get free, and then play with my phone anxiously and self-blame. I've found that the 'self-discipline app' and 'self-discipline artifact' may only be useful for self-disciplined people. ”
On social platforms, some netizens launched the "Is the mobile phone timing lock useful?" A total of 63 netizens participated in the voting. 13% of netizens think that it is useful to buy, and 73% of netizens think that chicken ribs are not necessary to buy.
"The lock time of the timer lock can be set by itself, you can set it for 20 minutes, you can also set it for two hours, you can also force unlock it if you want to play, in fact, it is not much different from locking it in the drawer, and whether you can control yourself actually varies from person to person." For people who are not self-disciplined, this physical isolation may control the hand playing with the mobile phone, but it cannot control the heart of playing the mobile phone, and the learning or work efficiency may not necessarily improve. Lin Qing, a netizen who has purchased a mobile phone timing box, said that similar "self-discipline artifacts" can only play an auxiliary role, and for people who really rely heavily on mobile phones, it is far from enough to rely on the way of "locking mobile phones".