Smartphones have, undeniably, changed our lives in significant aspects. However, are they all good changes? The answer is not always. In fact, mobile phones have been changing our lives in these 7 good and bad ways

1. Connecting people

You may not know that the first commercially available phone was released back in 1983. You can talk for half an hour only before it needed to be recharged. It did not flaunt any dazzling screen. On the other hand, it measured the size and weight of a brick and came with a bulky design. Despite its hefty price of $3,995, people were going crazy for it. Since that moment, mobile phones have changed our lives. Mobile phones have taken over the world. If 50 years ago, people rarely knew about how cell phone worked; we nowadays can not go one hour without our tiny device.

Being the most popular gadget all over the world, cell phone has helped bring people together. It allows us to communicate with each other no regardless of the distance. And thanks to the internet, we no longer worry about the data access of our mobile phones. Internet connection is all we need to call our worried parents from afar. Reunions, meetings, family gathering can be done with a video call. So many problems have been solved, and daily communication has become easier than ever. Don’t you think so?

2. Killing boring moments

Gone were the days when you did not know what to do being left alone. With a handy smartphone in your hand, you can watch movies, take selfies, play games and browse the internet for as long as you would like to. There are tons of things you can find interesting from your own devices. Owning a mobile phone also allows you to be on any kind of social media you fancy, and join endless events happening everyday. Overall, mobile phones are now among top choices for entertaining activity.

3. A mobile phone is a portable computer

Smartphone is a huge evolution of cell phone. It is a combination between sophisticated features and high-end technologies. Phones today are not used to make a phone call or sending messages only, they offer an array of features like games, music player, photography, video recording, email, internet browsing, shopping online and document editing. Rather than carrying the bulky laptop or PC, mobile phones are sleeker, thinner, and more elegant by the day. It is also a single tool that can do pretty much anything you need it to, such as convenient solutions for problems, like being lost in an unfamiliar city.

4. Happy or Sad?

This is one point that people will also agree with – photography is making our lives more colorful. Most of the pictures taken nowadays come from smartphone camera instead of a digital or DSLR one. Mobile phones have changed our lives, especially and obviously because of their cameras. With tons of features like various filters, phase detection, auto focus, it is easy to understand why people love their phones that much. Almost everyone can be seen toting around a camera phone, clicking pictures of whatever they find interesting. Nonetheless, it may also come with its consequence. For instances, people are not themselves anymore, many live with “like-ers” on Facebook and followers on Instagram and stop talking face-to-face to each other. They look at someone’s avatar and start judging them without knowing that person.

5. Be your assistant

Since the invention of mobile phones, manufacturers have been looking for more features that their products can pack, in order to make them more useful than it already is. Almost all basic phones come with alarms, calendar and more other options. From the ring tone, to the number of times it rings. After the dawn of smart phones, reminders and notes have become an inseparable part of smartphones. You do not need to waste any piece of paper to note down, just using note apps.

6. Mobile phones have changed your lifestyle

I have to say that you are now can not sleep as much as in the past. Guess why? At the time you lay down on your beloved bed, you only intend to grab your phone and surf news feed for a few minutes. Then, some interesting things catch your eyes , and you simply can not stop without posting status updates on Facebook, complaining about your job, busy day, etc. Now you see how mobile phones have changed your lives without doing anything. Moreover, after a day of looking at a computer screen, you’d think staring at another screen for hours pointlessly would feel like a bad idea, absolutely right! And we just do it without intention.

7. You will be busy all the times

Once you get a new mobile phone, it will be your best buddy. It is also the moment to say goodbye to your privacy. Have you ever been tired of your phone ring tone? It is the reason why you can be contacted and disturbed anytime, anywhere. You want to sleep? No, you can not because there will be someone needing you on the other side. It makes you stick to a habit to always check on your phone, and ignore the world outside. Sometimes you will want to switch your phone off in order to sneak out of work, to write a letter to your parents instead of texting some short messages, to prove it is not the true that mobile phones have changed our lives.

7 ways mobile phones have changed our lives

So here are some things we may not know about what mobile phones have changed our lives. Of course this list is not all the facts and there are more to count. If you are interested in this topic, please share your ideas below in the comment section. Is your phone affecting you in a good way?