What impact do smartphones have on our lives?
Are you better off or even happier because you own this piece of technology? Should everybody own such a device?
As I rarely use them, I have noted they can at worst be a leash for bosses, parents and advertisers to distract or control you regardless of where your measly existance lingers in time and space. Smarthphones entangle us in all the worries and hurries of the world, even when such are not present at hand. As people develop networks trough these devices they share their problems and complain about their circumstances. Networking does not equal doing. If you needed other people in your life you would develop meaningful relationships. Smartphones are only there to replace your surroundings, be they classrooms, parks or workstations. As such I think the iPhone 5 is hardly worth the 500 bucks.
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I don't own a smartphone and I don't want to get one because I don't think it will impact my life, I am fine without a smartphone but I know I will need a phone later in life but I won't get a smartphone since its more expensive than the regular phones but I would get a phone just to call people there really is no need for a smartphone as long as you can call people I will be fine. 1
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They're useful and dangerous at the same time. One the positive side you have information just a few clicks away everywhere you go.You've got the internet for anything you need to know in seconds, you've got GPS, you've got entertainment. All right in your hand. It's amazing really. But smartphones also have a really terrible impact on socializing in public. People are so absorbed in their phones instead of actually socializing with new people while they're in public. I currently don't have one because I don't feel the need to spend the extra money at the time, but I'll probably get one within the next year when I move out of my small town just for GPS. 1
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