Essay On Positive Effects Of Smart Phones

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Register to read the introduction… Once upon a time, people had problem on sending message to others who are very far form them. It might take a very long time or some place that might not be sent. It will result in some of the emergency things that cannot be immediately contacted. Conversely, people can make a phone call or sent a message at present. Both of them are so much faster than long time ago. When some girls still stay outside at night, their parents will be very worry about them. At this moment, smart phones or cell phones can help them. They just need to call them and make sure that they are safe. This way at lease might make parents feel relieved a little. Despite phone call is a great invention, people may feel annoyed or bothered about it. For this reason, texting might be the best invention in the world. People also can download some communicate applications, for instance, Whatsapp, Line, Wechat, etc. instead of texting. Those applications need data to open it, in case of no Wi-Fi (Edwards, 2013). “According a study by UK market research firm Canalys, more than 12 million data-ready wireless mobile devices shipped in the second quarter of 2005 twice the fewer than 6 million shipped in the year before.” (Zheng & Ni, …show more content…
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