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Abstract Nowadays, technology is very popular among the younger generations all over the world. Objectives: The objectives of this study are to determine the extent of the influences of smart phones on school children and perception of school children on smart phones. Problem: To explore the smart phone addiction and its association with their health problems, social behavior and academic performance. Methods: The study was carried out using convenient sampling method and using cross sectional study in Malay, Chinese and Tamil primary schools. The questionnaires distributed were composed of total 30 questions. Results: Over half of the school children owned a smart phone. From the social behavior aspect, 145 students disagreed with having emotional changes while away from phone. 166 students supported the idea of not extending the time spent on smart phone. From the academic performance aspect, over half of the respondents agreed to the idea of banning the usage of smart phone in school compound. From the health aspect, 123 students experienced neck pain after using smart phone for a long time; but, only less than half of the respondents 58 agreed to the idea of smart phone causes obesity. Conclusions: Every coin has two sides. The children are not easily influence by the smart phone and their perception are good in the aspect of social behavior and academic performance. However, the students have a moderate perception on smart phone from the aspect of health.