The world we live in today is a world full of cell phones. They are unavoidable and abundant. Many people today have phones to keep themselves up to date with what is going on outside of their own lives. Therefore, plenty of companies now offer apps for our mobile phones so we can use them to suit our own needs. We use millions of these available apps in countless ways to help with business, time management, education, and communication. However, as people living in the modern age, most cannot imagine a life without technology. Phones have improved our lives by making many of the tasks we do every day easier, but do the pros outweigh the cons? Although they can be beneficial to us depending on the way we use it, mobile phone apps waste a considerable
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According to a study conducted by Ed Tech Magazine, about 84% of cell phone users cannot survive a day deprived of their phone (Slade). Phones have a lot of apps with a variety of uses, but there is a limit. Without these apps, you will not die. They are not something necessary for survival. A few apps may even be harmful to us. Some people consider that being without social media is social suicide. Consequently, they believe that they must stay online 24/7 to be always in the know. Their lives could be attributed to something so much more meaningful, but they choose to waste their time on getting high scores in games or staying online. In 2011, researchers from the Pewter Research Center reported that there was a 91% increase in the amount of time people spent on apps within the span of one year (Anderson, Rainie). A reason for this enormous increase may be the apps, which are constantly kept up to date. New features are added in to keep the apps interesting. Once users are hooked, it can be hard to stop them. Mobile apps, designed particularly for entertainment, keep us from seeing that there are better things to do and consequently contribute to our procrastination and poor time management. They are distractions that keep us from experiencing a life without apps. There are more valuable things in life to spend our time
According to a study conducted by Ed Tech Magazine, about 84% of cell phone users cannot survive a day deprived of their phone (Slade). Phones have a lot of apps with a variety of uses, but there is a limit. Without these apps, you will not die. They are not something necessary for survival. A few apps may even be harmful to us. Some people consider that being without social media is social suicide. Consequently, they believe that they must stay online 24/7 to be always in the know. Their lives could be attributed to something so much more meaningful, but they choose to waste their time on getting high scores in games or staying online. In 2011, researchers from the Pewter Research Center reported that there was a 91% increase in the amount of time people spent on apps within the span of one year (Anderson, Rainie). A reason for this enormous increase may be the apps, which are constantly kept up to date. New features are added in to keep the apps interesting. Once users are hooked, it can be hard to stop them. Mobile apps, designed particularly for entertainment, keep us from seeing that there are better things to do and consequently contribute to our procrastination and poor time management. They are distractions that keep us from experiencing a life without apps. There are more valuable things in life to spend our time