Where do you keep your cell phone when you sleep?

cellphone - Do you sleep with your cellphone
@pitstop (13791)
Australia
August 12, 2008 2:11pm CST
My mobile is next to me when I sleep. I keep the alrm set on it so it needs to be close to me. I occasionally get a phonecall early in the morning and so need to have it close to me. But I realised that the nights I've left it elsewhere I never really did miss it! Where do you keep your mobile phone when you sleep
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25 responses
• India
12 Aug 08
i usually switch of my mobile when i sleep and keep it next to my bed on a table. i dont like people harassing me in the middle of the nights with miss calls or stuff.
@liquorice (3887)
12 Aug 08
I do the same, I leave it on my bedside table when I sleep. I like to know that family members can reach me if they need to, and it also serves as my clock. I also use it as a torch if I need to get up during the night; it means I don't have to put on any lights and wake up the others, and it also means that I don't bump into things (well, not as much anyway, lol!) So for all these reasons I really like to have it near me.
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@pitstop (13791)
• Australia
13 Aug 08
Unfortunately I dont have a torch in my mobile.
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@liquorice (3887)
13 Aug 08
I don't have a torch in my mobile either, but the screen goes bright for a few seconds when anything is pressed. So if I keep my finger on one of the buttons (while the keypad is locked), it keeps the screen lit up, and hey, preso, a torch! Maybe not all phones light up like this..
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@shooie (4984)
• United States
12 Aug 08
I rarely have it on unless I am the road. So it stays off and on the counter. I don't really use it for anything. We got me one that is basic because if my husband and I are not together we can still get in touch with each other if need be.
@pitstop (13791)
• Australia
13 Aug 08
That sounds sensible
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• Bangladesh
12 Aug 08
my mobile is next to me also when i sleep. the alarm set on it that i need to close the alarm. but i cann't wake up by alarm.
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@pitstop (13791)
• Australia
13 Aug 08
I also hate the alarm in the morning. Wish I could sleep on and on and on....
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• United States
12 Aug 08
Well I put it on the table and usually turn off the ringer but I set the alarm as well to get on mylott while the man is away at work cause I cant get anything done with him around haha
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@vidhyavini (6111)
• India
12 Aug 08
Even When I Sleep I Will Have It Near To Me..... People Say That Its Not Good To Keep Mobiles Near You When You Sleep.. But What To Do???? Couldn Stay Away From It... Love My Mobile...
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@pitstop (13791)
• Australia
13 Aug 08
Why is it not good to have it next to you when you sleep?
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• Ireland
29 Aug 08
I feel I should keep my mobile phone close to me at night because it would make it easier for family members to contact me if ever there was an emergency. However, I am so tired when I am going to bed at night that most times I just leave the phone on the kitchen table. I am glad you posted this because my landline is not working properly and it will remind me to take my phone everywhere with me. Thank you.
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• Singapore
13 Aug 08
Hi, honestly it doesn't matter where because I switch my phone off before I sleep anyway. Usually it would be on my desk or one of the side tables. The phone is not that much a big deal to me like many people. Cheers!
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@pitstop (13791)
• Australia
13 Aug 08
Sometimes I agree cellphones are a pain! Especially when you get wrong calls at the wrong time!
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
12 Aug 08
i also when sleep keep my cell phone next to me ... also having alarm turned on so need to hear him and be able to turn them off without need to go a long miles for it ;)
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@eihdra (3115)
• Philippines
21 Aug 08
It's usually in the night stand..I don't have a clock in the room. I hate waking up and seeing that it's 3 am in the morning...It also serves as my alarm clock whenever I need to wake up early.....my husband usually sends me a message early in the morning, or whenever he can't get in inside the house, so i need to have it just within reach...
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• Italy
21 Aug 08
far!
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• Philippines
15 Aug 08
I sometimes sleep with my phone beside me, especially when i am expecting a call early in the morning. So that i could answer it right away because my ringing tone is not that loud, that's the reason why i have it next to me. But when I am not expecting call, i just place it on the table across my bed. I just set the volume on my phone to maximum so that i can hear the alarm when it goes off. I don't like to be disturbed in sleep by i phone call that i am not expecting.
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@snebxu66 (379)
• China
29 Aug 08
Same as most people do, I put it on the table near my bed when sleep. Generally I switch off it at 22:00 and set the alarm for next morning waking up on time. The cell phone is really a good gadget.
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• China
29 Aug 08
When I sleep,I usually keep my cell phone somewhere near my pillow, because I set the alarm on for waking me up on time in the mornings. And it's always easy for u to find. But one thing we should know is that cell phones give off radiation which is harmful to human health. U know, because of that disadvantage, I think I need to get myself a bedside stand on which I could put my cell phone, and I'm sure cell phone radiation would have less effect on me.
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@kbourgerie (8780)
• United States
14 Aug 08
I keep mine next to me, because I also use mine as an alarm clock. I love it, its never wrong, easy to set and never doesn't go off for some reason. I sure could have used this kind of alarm clock many times in my life before the invention of the cell.
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@cream97 (29087)
• United States
6 Sep 08
I keep both of them on my night stand and dresser.
• Singapore
12 Aug 08
I usually keep it by my side. When I have to use the alarm clock to wake me up, then I will put in under my pillow so as not to disturb my sleeping baby and hubby beside me
12 Aug 08
i normally take mines to bed with me coz i use it was a clock through the night and its my alarm clock.
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• India
13 Aug 08
i lost the habit of keeping alarm got habituated to wake up early so i keep it for charging and i hardly get the phone calls
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@lilcee (2703)
• United States
6 Sep 08
I keep mine on my dresser next to my bed. I always keep it on in case someone in my family needs to call me in the night. We don't have the ringer on the phone in our bedroom because my husband works nights and sleeps days. So we turned off the ringer. This way, if I have my cell phone on, my family can call me in the night. If they called my landline, I wouldn't hear it.