13 Hilarious Smartphone First World Problems Which Sadden Our Souls…

Let’s face it; we have a pretty good lifestyle with all of our latest technology. Compared to our history things are pretty cushy nowadays, but we wouldn’t be British if we couldn’t have a good moan, would we?

So despite all of our smartphone advantages, here are the biggest and most infuriating first world problems related to them…

Reading a message and feeling obligated to reply…

Whatsapp is by far the biggest perpetrator here, by opening that notification, you let the sender know that you’ve read their reply and now you feel obligated to send a response. If you stay silent, you risk being that person who reads their messages and then never responds, and who wants to be that guy?

Trying to find the right emoji!

You’ve just got a message off a work colleague- you want to reply without sounding too boring, so an emoji is definitely required. But then you face the task of picking the right one; send a wink face and you seem flirty, send a standard smiley and you aren’t being imaginative enough. Stand by 5 minutes of troublesome emoji decision making!

Wrong app!

This is notoriously problematic after tidying your app drawer up or managing your folders. Having pressed the wrong app icon, you now have to wait until the app is fully opened just to close it again. It only takes a few seconds of your time, but it always seems to happen when you’re in a rush!

How many kisses?

**Texting your crush can be hard! **Check out our smartphone rules for dating for some help!

Texting your crush is problematic enough, but who on Earth knows how many kisses are worth putting at the end of a text message? If you put too many then you seem a bit too eager, but equally if you don’t put enough you might seem disinterested. This is truly one of the biggest first world problems which affects most of us at some point in our love lives…

Hanging up by accident

Have you ever hung up on someone by holding your phone too close to your cheek? We have, and take it from us, it happens in the worst possible conversations. Sure, you won’t do it when you’re on the phone to your pal, but the moment you get a phone call for a job interview we can guarantee you’ll brush the end call button with your cheek and accidentally hang up on your prospective employer.

When nature calls

Don’t lie, we all do it! Taking our smartphones to the toilet has become a regular habit, so much so that if you forget your trusty device you’ll experience the worst case of boredom you’ll ever struggle to get through.

Annoying time to call

If you’re waiting in for a phone call all day, it’s sod’s law that the moment you wash your hands, your touch screen phone will begin to ring. Now you face the rushed prospect of drying your hands, getting your phone out of your pocket and answering before the caller is greeted by your voicemail message. This makes this first world problem the ultimate race against time…

Call back problems

So let’s imagine you’ve just missed a call by a split second, being a good friend you decide to call back right away. However, for some infuriating reason your friend doesn’t pick up the phone even though they rang you mere seconds ago. Is there anything more annoying than this?

Battery issues

One of the biggest smartphone complaints there is! After having your phone on charge all night, you unplug it when you wake up, check your Facebook and Twitter accounts and get ready to set off. The moment you take that step out of the door, you can guarantee that your smartphone battery is already starting to wane. It’s not even 11am and you’re facing an uphill battle to keep your phone alive…

Smartphone cases

Your phone is fragile, so it’s only right that you get it a suitable case to avoid damaging it. So after hours of searching eBay for the perfect cover, it arrives for you only to realise that although it looks good, its headphone slot isn’t quite big enough for your headphone cable. Now you have to choose between your music and smartphone safety…

Phantom notifications!

With our phones on silent for most of the working day, have you ever felt what you thought was a vibration from your phone in your pocket, only to find your smartphone completely clear of messages? Funnily enough, this is a diagnosed condition called Phantom Vibration Syndrome (9 out of 10 people suffer from it)! Talk about getting our hopes up for no reason…

The identical ringtone problem

You’re sat in the office and minding your own business, then all of a sudden you hear your message tone. But in the midst of your excitement- somebody loves me!- it emerges that someone else has exactly the same message tone as you. Also, it just so happens that they happen to be super-popular whenever you’re around, getting messages throughout the day whilst you sit in abject loneliness.

Fashionista phone

With smartphones growing in size, sometimes they aren’t exactly best friends with our fashion trends! Having just purchased a new pair of jeans, you soon realise that your massive phablet is simply incapable of fitting into any of its pockets. There’s a reason to head back to the days of the Nokia 3210!

So there you have some of the biggest first world problems related to your smartphone! Can you think of any more?