Authors' Response to Comments on “A Study of Magnitude and Psychological Correlates of Smartphone Use in Medical Students: A Pilot Study with a Novel Telemetric Approach”

The authors (SP and DH) installed all the apps on their own Android smartphones for test-runs and after vetting them for their accuracy by (1) using a particular app for a fixed duration and checking usage log from the tracker app, (2) keeping one app running in the background and checking usage log from the tracker app, and (3) user-friendliness. For a college student, an impending examination, cultural festival, or even a birthday will suddenly lead to a spike in his or her smartphone usage. Not only do they measure the magnitude of smartphone usage but also they can offer data from the phone's gyroscope and GPS, showing a person's degree of mobility, independence, and activity.