The average time for first checking emails is between 6am and 7am, with more than a third checking their first email in this period, and a quarter checking them between 11pm and midnight.

Ghadi Hobeika, marketing director of Pixmania, said: ‘The ability to access literally millions of apps, keep in contact via social networks and take photos and video as well as text and call has made smartphones invaluable for many people.

‘However, there are drawbacks. Many companies expect their employees to be on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and smartphones mean that people literally cannot get away from work.

‘The more constantly in contact we become, the more is expected of us in a work capacity.’

(Read by Brian Salter. Brian Salter is a journalist at the China Daily Website.)

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(Agencies)

使用智能手机也许并不像你想的那样明智。

使用智能手机可以让你随时随地上网、听音乐、拍照片……但也可能让你变成工作狂。

最新调查显示，智能手机能让你随时查收邮件，因此这种花哨的手机会让你每天的工作时间延长多达两个小时。

调查人员发现，由于可以随时用手机查收电邮，英国人每年的工作时间平均增加了460个小时。

科技产品零售商Pixmania开展的这项调查显示，英国人平均每天工作9到10小时，但额外加班的两个小时通常用来收发工作邮件或者打工作电话。

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