Comparing Mobile Phones (Generation X and Y)

This essay will compare the elements of Generation Y and Generation X with communication and the uses of technology such as mobile phones. Technology has changed rapidly during the time of Generation X, In other words, the 1960s -1980s.

In Generation Y technology has opened our eyes to the whole world, but for better or worse? Most of Generation Y has grown up around far more advanced technology than Generation X. A prime example of this advanced technology is the expansion of modern day communication. The mobile phone nowadays mostly consists of smart phones, which are an extremely fast piece of technology. The components of the phone have advanced rapidly throughout the years. The mobile phone consist of; touch screens, internet capability, messaging, games, music, downloading of applications, video clips and many more icons and apps to interact with. Thousands of people every day will use their phones to check Facebook, the weather updates, games, time, to listen to music throughout the day and to use for instant messaging. All these different types of applications and accessibilities will be done and used in the average person’s life almost every single day and consistently done throughout every hour of the day. Communication has developed greatly through the time of these generations. Instead of just talking face to face or using a phone to dial a number, now we can speak to numerous people at one time using new technology such as the web, improved mobile phones, social networking and so on. Although this seems as if a great change, there are downsides to this new technology. Each time a new communication device is introduced to society, a piece of the human communication process is decreased. People are becoming less familia...

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... X went, they always had company with them but on the other hand generation Y would be at their homes on their mobile phones, on the internet, texting each other, playing games, and not going outdoors. Generation Y is a lot more anti-social then Generation X because of all this new and improved technology, they have it easy and can do as they wish and talk to several people at once with the press of a button. There is both pros and cons of both communication technology in Generation X. Generation X being more social, healthy and active, while Generation Y being more anti-social, lazy and more unfit compared to Generation X.

Overall both generations have their strengths and weaknesses, rights and wrongs and pros and cons but it’s not easy to examine which is the better choice of communication technology. Maybe in the future the answer will be obvious, in my opinion.