Women prefer their smartphone to their partner, study finds

Women spend more time on their smartphones than they do with their partners, new research has found.

Checking emails, sending texts and spending time on social media means women spend an average of 12 hours more a week on their phones than with a loved one, according to a survey.

If people are unable to access their phones, it can lead to stress, anger and panic, researchers claimed.

On honey moon, more than a quarter of adults admitted to using their phones to check personal emails, half said they would check social media and almost one in ten will check their work emails.

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The study by Bausch + Lomb Ultra contact lenses found that a fifth of those who took part would find it harder to be without a phone for a week that their partner.

Psychologist Chireal Shallow told The Sun: "All of this interaction and addiction with our digital devices creates problems for our eyes. More than half say their eyes feel tired at the end of the day."