Are smartphones good or bad? give some arguments to support your position.

By: Katherine Nicole Carpio Guzñay

Introduction

Almost everybody carries around a smartphone in their pocket or bag. It's difficult to
imagine going about our everyday routines, without a smartphone readily available.
While there are a number of conveniences that come with owning and using a
smartphone, these devices ultimately encourage behaviour that is harmful to our health
and damaging to our relationships with one another.

Body

Some Arguments

Firstly, smartphones can be used to communicate with friends and family in convenient
and easily accessible ways. At no other point in history has it been so effortless for us to
communicate with people in different parts of the world through instant messaging, as
well as voice and video calls.

You’ve likely already heard plenty about the negative effects of smartphones and how
they are taking over society, but there are many benefits to smartphones as well. Here
are just a few ways that smartphones can be beneficial to teens in particular: improves
communication, helps with organization, help in emergencies, among others.

Even though smartphones can be used as communication tools, they have become a
substitute for face-to-face communication and genuine relationships. There is the
addictive impulse to check your phone multiple times a day, to check notifications from
social media apps and email, or to see if you've received any notifications. This
encourages us to look at our phone, rather than the people and the environment that is
physically around us, for a sense of gratification and security.

Conclusion

In conclusion, smartphones encourage habits and behaviour that is damaging to our

health and relationships. The long-term effects of this are greater than the small, daily
conveniences that smartphones offer. We should be very cautious about overstating the
power of smartphones, otherwise we may only understand the implications of this
technology after it is too late to change our behaviour.