Argumentative Essay: The Dangers Of Cell Phones

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Dangers of Cell Phones The world’s first mobile phone call was made on April 3, 1973, when Martin Cooper, a senior engineer at Motorola, called a rival telecommunications company and informed them he was speaking via a mobile phone. The phone Cooper used, if you could call it that, weighed a staggering 1.1kg and measured in at 228.6x127x44.4mm. With this prototype device, you got 30 minutes of talk-time and it took around 10 hours to charge.”(knowyourmobile). Back then cell phones weren’t as flashy but everyone was just as excited for them as they are now. “Many of the early cell phones were considered to be “car phones,” as they were too large and cumbersome to carry around in a pocket or purse. However, in 1983, the Motorola DynaTAC 8000x arrived on the market. Though huge by today’s standards, it was considered the first truly mobile phone because it was small enough to carry.”(artinstitutes). Cell Phones have many advantages two of them being they are wireless and easy way to get a hold of family when needed. There are also disadvantages to them. Things such as they are a leading cause cancer because they …show more content…

As time went on the technology advanced and more positive things came along examples of pros of having a cell phone would be easy to keep in touch because you have a phone on you at all times, most cell phones have plans that help you save for example the $45 plan, and also they are safe when it comes to being able to contact someone in case of an emergency. You can access the internet without having to be at a computer or at laptop, you don’t even have to be at home anymore because there is now something called cellular data. Cellular data is “The transmission of data via cellphone. Also called "mobile data" and a separate service from voice calling, cellular data is used for e-mail, Web pages, media and app downloads and software

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