It’s probably better to talk: How checking our phones 60 times a day is driving away friends

• Mobile phones are eroding our personal relationships, according to a new study
   
• Scientists have compared constantly texting and checking phones to addictions like compulsive spending

By KERRY MCDERMOTT
PUBLISHED: 05:33 EST, 1 December 2012 | UPDATED: 05:33 EST, 1 December 2012

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