Smart phones a blessing or Course?
For more than 15 years now, smart phones have gained astounding worldwide growth from a
variety of global users. In fact, nowadays 75% of the population possesses a mobile phone,
which is an advanced mobile operating system.
First of all, the main advantage of having a smartphone is that we can comunicate with others
from any place in the world. Since they make the mode of communication easier and cheaper.
In addition to this, there are other compelling benefits for this smart device; we can search for
things online, capture particular moments by using the camera or we can use a varied number
of apps from entertainment, such as tik tok, tweeter, or Netflix, to education like plataforms,
blogs, zoom, meet, and classroom apps. Many people feel that these “small computers like-
phones” make our lives more practical and comfortable, every year due to their several
developments.
On the other hand, recent studies from the British Psychological society have reported
smartphone addiction on the rise among students. This addiction may result in negative
consequences on their academic performance and psychological health. Children and teens
who consume social media tend to have low self-esteem, anxiety, depresion and poor quality
sleep. Many psychologists claim that mobile addiction is a real problem, it impacts our health
and relationships due to its low face to face interaction.
In conclusion, achieving a balance between having or not having a smartphone, many people
support the view that we should use the mobile for about two hours a day. Assign a fixed
amount of time for each activity such as social media, texting, gaming, or watching videos. But
the main concern is that, if we would be able to diminish the use of this device? or would we
become more dependent every day?.