Smartphones: a Reflection

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Modern society has become increasingly dependent on mobile phones. It is not the ‘plain’ mobile phones that are changing our daily lifestyles, but what are known as smart phones. Smart phones are the next generation of newly developed phones that can practically do everything that you can wish for. Businesses have benefited from this device .The smart phone also entertains us in various ways. The handheld device allows us to watch movies, listen to music and even play games. We do not realize how much our world has been altered by these small electrical devices that sit in our pockets. All this sounds fantastic in principle but let us scrutinize the positive and negative aspects of the smart phone. One of the great beneficiaries of this incredible new device has been businesses. It is very convenient for someone who is on the go in and out of the office a lot. With these phones, a businessman can be connected to his office at all times. Some employees nowadays do not have to spend a lot of their working hours at the office, due to the smart phone; they are able to perform all kinds of different tasks at any location. This has changed the way people conduct business, thus the smart phone allows them to be more independent. Their smart phones have helped them to become more mobile, therefore increasing the efficiency and thus the amount of work that can be achieved during the day. Instead of sitting behind their desk waiting for the phone to ring they can be out and about drumming up business for the company. For their small size, smart phones can do practically everything that you want. One thing about them is that it is very rare for people to actually use them as phones to call others. Technological advances allow us to connect to social networking sites that were once available only on the computer, smart phones enable you to be connected to the internet and
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