Mobile Phone

Smartphones affects our lives. Nowadays, people are too dependent to smartphones. The proliferation of the smartphone has plunged our world into a new era of technology dependence. Today, perhaps you would have been laughed by someone if you don’t own a smartphone. As a communication tool and an entertainment device, smartphones play an important role in our life. For some of us, we can’t even go a day without our smartphones. We created technology to serve us, yet so many of us – me included – have fallen enslaved to our phones. Ever lose your phone for one moment and felt your heart jump out of your chest? This is what I am talking about. Most of us are addicted to our smartphones. If you want to know whether you are addicted to your smartphone, ask yourself these questions: Do you check your smartphone within an hour of waking up this morning? Do you check your smartphone at times without any reasons? Or do you check your smartphone the moment you receive a text message or email? Come on, don’t let your smartphone master your life. We should use our smartphones wisely. What is a smartphone? What makes you call it a smartphone instead of cell phone? Smartphone is cell phone which is available for the internet access and computer functions. The smartphone has a lot of functions like GPS, Wi-Fi, camera, recorder, timer and calculator. And of course we can access to social networking websites like Facebook and Tweeter through our smartphones. Now, this is the problem. We always see people who bury themselves in their smartphones during social gatherings, whether we’re out to dinner, discussing a group project, or even playing a round of board games. This is rude and it kills the momentum and social flows of conversation. Here is a solution to prevent people to bury themselves in their smartphones during a social gathering: play the Phone Stacking Game. Everyone stacks their phones faced down on the table and the first person to reach for their phones is punished. The punishment can be whatever you decide. If you are out to dinner, the person has to pick up the whole bill. Another example, during lessons, your phone rings or vibrates, you will check your phone at the moment because you know you have received a message. This may distracts you from the lesson and causing you hard to concentrate at school. Next, people take out their smartphones and swipe on it for no reason whenever they are bored. But at the time, they are missing out on all the scenery, people and opportunities around them. Don’t get me wrong, smartphones are a great tool when used properly. It can truly enhance one’s life. However when abused, when people place too much important in their phones, there can be real and serious consequences.