76% of people respond to a smartphone notification within 5 minutes.
Most respond within 90 seconds.
Each response is a focus break.
With the average person receiving 80+ notifications per day, that's 80+ focus breaks, most of them for nothing important.
The phone isn't a communication device anymore.
It's an interruption machine that occasionally makes calls.
Source: ConsumerAffairs / SpeakWise Attention Stats 2026.