How dirty are our CELL PHONES?

dear qianyun, no offense but i find the subject exaggerated. firstly, you are the only person using your cellphone. i dont think you will in your own sense, hold it with dirty hands. secondly, it is part of cellphone maintenance to wipe clean it with a clean cloth or a sanitized cloth at least every two days. (i for one will give it a bath if only it will not get destroyed. wouldnt you? yes sure, its a joke). hope you take these thoughts very positively. have a nice day, ann

hi qianyun6 I did not know this about cell phones but knew landlines will also get really germy and so do our keyboards too but I bet nobody thinks about that do they? I do not own a cellphone so thats no problem

i did not know that until i read this post. i know comfort rooms are just one of the dirtiest and has too much germs elsewhere. thank you for telling this to us and i will let everyone in the house and in the office know about this so they will also clean their phones.

Hi qianyun6~ You are so right! People don't think about how dirty alot of things are, including the keyboards that some of us are typing on right now! I do wipe my cell phone once in awhile with one of those anticeptic wipes as I do my house phones and computer keyboard and any other surface that might have "scary" "nasty" little germs!

I actually clean my phone once a week, but that is because I saw a similar story on the news about a year ago and it grossed me out!!! There are so many germs on a phone and we care consistently putting it next to our ear and mouth, yuck! And not to mention, we put the phone down in our purse, pocket, our desk where ever, but it picks up germs there as well and then we put it right back up to our mouth. Anyways, right after I saw that story on the news I started cleaning my cell phone weekly.

Hi qianyun6 We all know that our body needs to be exposed to germs so it can be immune to it. The good news is, that when our body surpassed and defend it self againts certain germs then it's no longer a treat.

I do use a cloth to wipe mine if it is handy, ro I will use my top to clean it. I do try to keep it clean as I don't like smudges and fingerprints on it. I have a screen saver on it, which does keep the screen clean, but the phone gets dirty everywhere else, so I do wipe off the fingerprints when necessary. I do try to avoid using it when I am cooking though, and so far so good. Thank you for the information though, as I sure wasn't aware of any of this. Take care, and have a very good day.

Yuck! I never thought about that. It makes sense though. Thanks for the info.

First,I want to praise you that you will be a potential non native English speaker. Then, come to the point,I have also watch this shocking news on the renren website,but I don't believe this reality of the news by now.I have told this thing to my colleague how dirty the mobilephone we are using,just as you said above-even dirty than the handle of the flushing toiler.My colleague couldn't believe that,too.She said that how the mobilephone can dirty than the handle in the toilet,as we all know,the handle is touched by many people everyday,but the personal mobilephone is only touched by the owner.why?what's the reason?I have consider it and the result is:breeding bacteria is one potential characteristic.Do you agree with me ?

Oh my goodness thanks for the information. I have am one that always has my cell by side morning noon and night. I have a tendency to pick it up even while eating so there is no telling all the gunk that is sitting right on it. I will try really hard to remember to clean more frequently.

Hi qianyun, I didn't know that and have not done that before, but now I will start! It is quite logical if we think about it because we use our phones quite often and sometimes even in the middle of having a meal or something. It is very possible that there were lots of germs being transferred onto the phone. I think it is also the same with our keyboards, should clean those regularly too.

your right ..it really is dirty ,thats why i often clean my phone outside and inside ..we dont notice its dirty because we dont bother care as long as we can use it well its ok ..am i right guys?

if you talk more than an hour on cell phone,your ear bacterias multiplies with 700 times...read it from descovery..

never, i like germs and virusses on my phone,they made it different

With all the touch screen phones out now, I can see that they're quite dirty. BUT... You need to be careful of what you clean the screens with. Some harsh chemicals break down the touch screens.

well i usually clean it once a day. but i think its understandable how it can become dirty. with the regular handling, placing it in some desk and some sort.

I have never cleaned my cell phone before not even once. Sometime i will get a toothpick when i am bored and just pick out the dirt in the creases but that hardly helps. I wonder if that is the reason my face has bumps on it.

I would say that my cell is as clean as my toilet handle as I wash both religiously. Oh sure some people never think of washing things they use all the time but I do. Call me an*l about it lol. So no germs on my cell or toilet handle.

well i havent cleaned my phone ever we are told not to smoke or drink but still we do it right? so ig uess the moral of the story is that we are getting lazier than ever.

I have never really cleaned my cell phone i have only taken the back off and wiped it down but not with medical wipes or any disinficted it seems like a good idea consering i touch it all the time and never wash it thanks.