My smartphone is killing my eyesight.

mdaudioguy
mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
edited November 2010 in The Clubhouse
Maybe it's just coincidental, but for the past several months, I seem to be using my phone for more and more things, and even after just a few minutes, everything else becomes blurry once I put it down. It seems to be taking longer and longer for my eyes to recover. I had my vision tested in May, and I believe it was at least 20/20, and possibly a bit better. Anybody else experiencing this?
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  • howie777
    howie777 Posts: 357
    edited November 2010
    You may just need to blink more. My eyes get soar when looking at LCDs and its usually because you stop blinking.
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  • Jetmaker737
    Jetmaker737 Posts: 1,045
    edited November 2010
    You're getting old... or your eyes are at least. The lens is not changing it's shape as rapidly as it used to.
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited November 2010
    Jetmaker737 wrote: »
    You're getting old... or your eyes are at least. The lens is not changing it's shape as rapidly as it used to.

    Yeah, which is why I said maybe it's coincidental...

    Dang, I always liked not needing glasses.
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited November 2010
    Eat more spinach ;-) At least that's what my eye doc says will help slow down vision changes as you get older. I'm just glad that it's easy to zoom in with my Droid phone, otherwise I wouldn't be able to see the really small stuff.
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited November 2010
    i know what you mean. My Co. just bought us blackberry's and its killing my eyes looking at it, not to mention the keyboard is too damn small.:mad:
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited November 2010
    dkg999 wrote: »
    Eat more spinach ;-) At least that's what my eye doc says will help slow down vision changes as you get older. I'm just glad that it's easy to zoom in with my Droid phone, otherwise I wouldn't be able to see the really small stuff.

    I yam what I yam! I think I'll try the spinach - couldn't hurt!

    I can zoom just fine. It's not that I'm having difficulty reading small print, just once I take my eyes off the phone screen and look at stuff from a "normal" distance, everything seems blurry...
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  • AudioGenics
    AudioGenics Posts: 2,567
    edited November 2010
    Eyestrain due to smartphones and computer monitors
    are becoming prevalent with all of these new devices.

    There are even studies possibly linking eye and brain cancer to their use
    and also headaches.

    Ironically I found software that lock one's device forcing one to take a five minute break every 30 minutes of continual use. I'm sure there are alot of similar apps out there

    http://www.fileguru.com/Eye-Care-Software/info
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 10,999
    edited November 2010
    Funny thing is when I play games on my ps3, I sometimes don't blink and my eyes turn into Niagara Falls.
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  • bikerboy
    bikerboy Posts: 1,211
    edited November 2010
    What phone do you use? Are you 40 years old? My wifes eyes changed when she hit 40. I've had glasses since I was 12 so I cant say. We are thinking about new phones soon. Waiting to see what the new Incredible HD has for features.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,189
    edited November 2010
    I have a Iphone 4 and the display is so clear and clean I don't get any eye strain. I also zoom in on things that are to small to see. I use my Iphone for hours a day with no problems.

    I'm 40 years young.
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited November 2010
    I don't think it's a matter of the display quality at all. I've played around with smartphones for several years now. I think it's finally just catching up to me at 44. Time to go to an eye doctor, I guess.
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited November 2010
    bikerboy wrote: »
    What phone do you use?
    Samsung Captivate. It has a very nice display.
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited November 2010
    mantis wrote: »
    I use my Iphone for hours a day[...]
    Time for a Windows phone, no? :wink:
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