Even Siri says we should put our phones away! Voice of iOS assistant warns about technology's dangers

  • Voiceover actor Susan Bennett said people are obsessed with their phones
  • People today 'don't know how to relate to other humans', Bennett said 
  • Comments came after the release of the 'NoPhone air' by NoPhone LLC 

Susan Bennett has some advice for you.

You might not know her name, but you would probably recognise her voice because it speaks to millions of people every day.

Reacting to the launch of the latest 'NoPhone' - a phone replacement made of nothing but air- the lady behind the voice of Siri said she thinks people need to start putting down their phones.

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Susan Bennett, the voiceover actor responsible for the female voice of Siri, says 'Everybody is running around taking 15 million pictures of their own face'. She said this is making their minds wander and they cannot relate to other humans. Stock image

Susan Bennett, the voiceover actor responsible for the female voice of Siri, says 'Everybody is running around taking 15 million pictures of their own face'. She said this is making their minds wander and they cannot relate to other humans. Stock image

ARE YOU A PHONE ADDICT? 

In a study published in June, mobile research firm dscout found the average person swipes, taps and pinches their display about 2,617 times a day, for a grand total of one million times per year.

There is a top 10 per cent of power users that touch their phone 5,427 times in the day, which equals out to two million times over the course of a year.

Users spend about 2.42 hours a day touching the smartphone display and the to 10 per cent spend 3.75 hours.

Android users have 76 different sessions on their phone - 132 for the power users. 

87 per cent will check their phone at least once between midnight and 5 AM. 

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'Everybody is running around taking 15 million pictures of their own face,' said Mrs Bennett, a voiceover actor, speaking to the Wall Street Journal.

'Their minds are somewhere else, or they're staring at their phones,' she said.

'And they don't know how to relate to other humans.'

The comments come after the release of a new gadget aimed at making people spend less time on their phones.

The NoPhone was first released in 2014 with the intention of showing just how much we are obsessed by our cellphones.

The first model was just a plastic brick the same size as a phone, to simulate its weight and feel. 

The latest model, the NoPhone air, was announced at the Fireside conference held in Camp Walden, Canada earlier this month.

'We are very proud to introduce the least-advanced NoPhone ever,' the NoPhone LLC owners  Chris Sheldon and Van Gould said at the conference.

The model is simply a plastic package with nothing inside, except air.

It is on sale on Kickstarter, with prices starting at  $3 (£2.31).

'The NoPhone Air is the perfect gift for people who need no phone,' the company said.

'Now everyone can put down their real phones, pick up the NoPhone Air and enjoy real life.' 

'We took away the headphone jack, and then we took away everything else.'

A study published in June found we are becoming increasingly addicted to our phones.

Susan Bennett has some advice for you. Reacting to the launch of the latest 'NoPhone' - a phone replacement made of literally nothing but air - the lady behind the voice of Siri said she thinks people need to start putting down their phones

Susan Bennett has some advice for you. Reacting to the launch of the latest 'NoPhone' - a phone replacement made of literally nothing but air - the lady behind the voice of Siri said she thinks people need to start putting down their phones

The  NoPhone air was announced at the Fireside conference held in Camp Walden, Canada earlier this month.  'We are very proud to introduce the least-advanced NoPhone ever,' NoPhone LLC owners Chris Sheldon and Van Gould (pictured) said at the conference
The NoPhone air is jjust a plastic piece of packaging

The NoPhone air was announced at the Fireside conference held in Camp Walden, Canada earlier this month.  Chris Sheldon and Van Gould (pictured) said at the conference, pictured left, holding the NoPhone air - just a plastic piece of packaging, close-up shown right

The study, by mobile research firm dscount, found the average person swipes, taps and pinches their display about 2,617 times a day, for a grand total of one million times per year.

Although one million times in a year sounds like a great deal of touching, the study also discovered an elite 10 per cent that presses the display 5,427 times throughout the day, which equals two million times over the course of a year. 

And it seems like these numbers will be not be decreasing any time soon.

'I don't think we are close to reaching 'peak digital,' Michael Winnick, founder and CEO of dscout, told MailOnline.

A study published in June found we are becoming increasingly addicted to our phones. The study, by mobile research firm dscount, found the average person swipes, taps and pinches their display about 2,617 times a day, for a grand total of one million times per year

A study published in June found we are becoming increasingly addicted to our phones. The study, by mobile research firm dscount, found the average person swipes, taps and pinches their display about 2,617 times a day, for a grand total of one million times per year

'Interaction styles may change and this creates an opportunity for new forms, like voice, augmented reality, and VR. So the form will likely change.'

Some celebrities have also started to get on board with the no phone trend. 

For example, last week, Kanye West tweeted: 'I got rid of my phone so I can have air to create.'

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