Michael Price: The Smartphone's Effect On Our Lives

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Introduction With every passing day, technology is overtaking our daily lives. The phone, computer, tablet and other high tech devices have become not just an object, but for many others a best friend. Especially, it relates to the new generation who is familiar with such conceptions as mobile network, touch screen, apps, 3g or 4g Internet from their childhood. We rely on it during all our live from saying "I love you" to breaking up, from checking bank balances to investing, from sharing photos with your followers to creating private gallery. We can carry out plenty of tasks, right from the palm of our hand. Indubitably, it is remarkable achievement for the entire world. However, if somebody suddenly lose his phone, even for …show more content…

That is why to find secondary data which relate to the question was not very complicated. In this section the debate of the smartphone’s effect on people’s life will use the thoughts and arguments advanced by various scholars to help in understanding and drawing informed conclusions. Sherry Turkle, expert in the field of new technologies and professor at the Technical University of Massachusetts, said that it’s clear that smartphones have changed our lives dramatically (Price, 2011). From the article of Michael Price about Sherry Turkle’s book “Alone together” (Price, 2011), we can see how she note that our new ability to send anybody message from elsewhere makes our behavior more antisocial. She also says “Teens tell me that they would rather text than talk…They say a phone call reveals too much, that actual conversations do not give them enough control over what they want to say.” Therefore, according to her words smartphones and other gadgets cause isolation process of consciousness of the youngsters just as the desire to use it more often. Jumio 's Mobile Consumer Habits Study (Knight, 2013) hints on the fact that smartphones have not just …show more content…

In addition, 17% of men looks positively to answer call during the sex against only 5% of women. Conclusion This study has investigated influence of smartphones in Ability Tower on young people’s lives. It has used both primary and secondary data to come up with a comprehensive finding. Nevertheless, that majority of participants satisfied with their current phone, we can see how companies who produce smartphones make their customers desire to buy new model of their brand even if they do not really need it at the moment. The same with mobile applications. Secondly, it has been therefore established that the majority of smartphone users doesn’t know any disease that relate to it, especially about the possibility to get cancer due to prolonged (over 10 years) using of their mobile devices. And finally it has been therefore established that addiction from the using phone is exists and spreads around the world with every passing day through new

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