The first thing you think about in the morning is probably your phone

Love is dead, basically: More people are thinking about their phones when they wake up than their significant others, a study by the Braun Research Center and Bank of America has found. Thirty-five percent of respondents said the first thing they think about in the morning is their smartphone; 17 percent think about coffee (okay, fair); and only a measly 10 percent of you think about your significant other! Perhaps most surprising of all, though, is that according to the findings, an entire 13 percent of people wake up and immediately think: "Toothbrush."

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