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While prior studies typically assume a clear human\/machine divide, this paper aims to build on posthuman perspectives, exploring intercorporeality, the blurring of human\/technology boundaries, between emerging adults and their smartphones. 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As these components interacted with each other, the assemblage could be strengthened or weakened by various technological, personal and social factors.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Research limitations\/implications<\/jats:title><jats:p>These qualitative findings are based on a particular sample at a particular point in time, within a particular culture. Further research could explore intercorporeality in human\u2013smartphone relationships among other groups, in other cultures.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p>Although other studies have used prosthetic metaphors, this paper contributes to understanding of smartphones as a<jats:italic>prostheses<\/jats:italic>in the lives of emerging adults, highlighting intercorporeality as a key feature of<jats:italic>homo prostheticus<\/jats:italic>. 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