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Does using smartphone in the dark and/ or without glasses on make eyesight worse? does it affect eyes in any way?
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No: Using a smartphone will not affect your eyes.
Answered 8/6/2014
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We don't think so.: current viewpoints are that this does not affect vision long term...but it sure can cause symptoms after doing it for a while: strained feeling blurred vision double vision headache/eye ache.
Answered 9/29/2016
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