Nangona uNiantic exelela abadlali ukuba bangasebenzisi usetyenziso ngelixa beqhuba, abasebenzisi abaninzi bayayihoya le miyalelo kwaye iingozi ziyenzeka. Kuyinyani ukuba abantu baye baqonde ukuba ukusebenzisa i-smartphone ngelixa uqhuba kuyingozi ngokwenene kuba izinto zenzeka okwesibini uyeka ukujonga phambili, kodwa baninzi abasebenzisi abaqhubeka nokusebenzisa izixhobo zabo eziphathwayo ngelixa beqhuba kwaye besenza njalo. ukudlala Pokémon Go okanye efanayo.Inyaniso kukuba abafazi ababini ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kule veki baphulukene nobomi babo kwaye omnye wonzakele kakhulu iingozi apho abaqhubi ababini baqinisekisa kwabasemagunyeni ukuba babedlala smartphones zabo. Amatyala amabini enzeka eJapan, kwaye eyokugqibela yayiyingozi kwisixeko saseKasugai ngelixa umfazi wayewela isitalato ngebhayisikile yakhe ukuba ulwazi oluphakathi lwe-TBS lwazisa njani.
Kuyinyani ukuba izixeko zithande ukubona abasebenzisi abambalwa kunye nabambalwa kwii-smartphones zabo ngelixa beqhuba, kodwa akubonakali ngathi wonke umntu uyazi ngomngcipheko wokuba oku kububomi bethu nakwabanye. Sebenzisa i-smartphone, i-GPS, ukudlala unomathotholo okanye ukuphazanyiswa nje kwivili umzuzwana sesinye sezizathu zokufumana ingozi, ke kuyacetyiswa ukuba ungasichukumisi isixhobo de sifike apho siyakhona kwaye uyeke "ukuzingela" iiPokémons ngelixa uqhuba.