Introduction
It is the twenty-first century, and mobile phones or smartphones have become a part and parcel of our life. It has taken over such a place in the life of the global citizen. This seems to be attached to the core attributes of a human being. Secondly, mobile phones have now become the newest version of personal diaries, or better even to say, a personal companion. Moreover, the average global citizen spends a lot of time over phones. But mobile phones have made our day to day life a lot easier. Therefore, mobile phones have both positive and negative impacts on our lives.
Communication
Firstly, communication is a very important key to human life. Secondly, we always require the need of communicating with one another. Thirdly, it helps us live and grow in our individual lives. Mobile phones have various ways in which one can communicate with people. You can dial a number and have a voice call or message a text to a receiver.
Social media apps
Social media apps are nowadays a part of almost every individual’s life. With the advent of smartphones and the internet, the world has become a much smaller place to live in. It is not possible for everyone to physically keep in contact with people in our lives. Social media apps like Facebook, Instagram, etc. are making it easier for people to connect with other people across the world.
Digital transaction apps
In this age of smartphones, we do not need to carry around wallets as well. You develop apps to work in smartphones in the same way digital banking has worked all these years. Now it is possible to pay any merchant or to send money to kith and kin within seconds.
There are system apps which make daily chores easier as well. Furthermore, there is a calculator tool, a unit converter, a compass, an FM radio and other necessary tools or objects for daily usage.
Mobile internet connectivity
Now the society cannot imagine a mobile phone without internet. With the advancement of spectrum bandwidths for the internet, mobile phones can now avail the internet from any remote corner. Also, we can grasp any knowledge from the internet we want to at any point in time.
Smartphones and their link to depression
You can trace back the cause of depression in the younger generations to the over-dependency of technology and gadgets. Furthermore, case studies and researches reveal that the issue of depression is rising in almost every individual. Also, globalisation and consumerism ruling over the world made the world a much smaller space to dwell in. In such a scenario, every man does not look for society or other individuals anymore, as the man is addicted to his smartphone.
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