This study aimed to verify whether achieving a dist inctive academic performance is unlikely for students at high risk of smartphone addiction. Additionally, it verified whether this phenomenon was equally applicable to male and femal e students. After implementing systematic random sampling, 293 university students participated by completing an online survey questionnaire posted on the university’s stu dent information system. The survey questionnaire collected demographic information and responses to the Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version (SAS-SV) items. The results sho wed that male and female university students were equally susceptible to smartphone add iction. Additionally, male and female university students were equal in achieving cumulat ive GPAs with distinction or higher within the same levels of smartphone addiction. Fur thermore, undergraduate students who were at a high risk of smartphone addiction were le ss likely to achieve cumulative GPAs of distinction or higher.