Low Battery Anxiety is a Real Thing. And We've Got It

​There's no worse feeling than looking down at your phone and realising you're getting dangerously close to the 15% mark of your phone's battery icon. Especially now we know that Uber has the potential to use our low battery as a way to charge us more…

Well you'll be glad to hear that that feeling of fear you get every so often isn't unusual. According to a recent survey conducted by LG Electronics, low battery anxiety is a very real thing that affects a lot of people.

The company polled a random sample of more than 2,000 adult smartphone users in the U.S. of A. earlier this year, and found that nine out of 10 people surveyed reported feeling "panic" when their phone battery dropped under 20%. 

The also survey found that 32% of people are willing to "drop everything" to return home to grab chargers, and that 22% will order something at a bar or restaurant just so they have a place to charge their phone. No matter where they are, 39% of people aren't above asking total strangers to charge their phone, and 35% admitted to "secretly borrowing" someone else's charger.

What happened to us? We promised we wouldn't become like this. 

Ah well, at least we're all suffering together.

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