Technology is becoming more advanced everyday. Products are being designed specifically to make life easier for people. To me, one of the biggest changes over time has been the cellphone. Going from hand writing letters that take days, sometimes weeks, to deliver to a text message that simply takes a few seconds to receive is absolutely incredible. The things a cellphone can do today are things my Grandpa could only dream about as a child. The idea of having communication and access to the world wide web in the palm of your hand is astounding. Even in my life I have been able to experience a world without a cellphone. In that time I did not think I was missing out, but today I rely on my cellphone to save me time and make things easier for me.
I still remember how it was to have a cell phone for the first time. I was sixteen years old and my mother got it for me only for the purpose that she could get a hold of me. I had a limit on calls and texts messages and had no internet on it. At this time my cellphone really did nothing for me, only for my mom. The only thing I could do with my cellphone was make it look "cute". I could glue rhinestones on it, add a charm to dangle from the antenna, or get a new case to make it colorful. My cellphone was only an accessory to me. Not caring about my phone was not uncommon, when I was sixteen years old smart phones were not popular. Today I could not care less how my cellphone looks. I only have two requirements for my phone today; it needs to be fully charged and working. By working I mean that it has to send and receive phone calls and text messages, have a strong internet connection, and all my applications working properly. Today my phone has become a necessity as it helps me with get through the day. We have all heard people criticize the
iPhone and say they will never get one. Many might say it is not worth the price but my iPhone makes everything easier and saves me time, and time is money.
Technology is becoming more advanced every day.
Lets go ahead and go a day without my phone. I wake up in the morning to my
“Hulk” alarm clock. I named it The Hulk because if you have ever seen
The Avengers (great movie) the way Iron Man wakes up to Hulk is how I am every time that thing goes off. Finally after I have calmed down from my near heart attack, I half asleep find my way to my bathroom, probably tripping over a few things on the way. I would turn on my FM radio and tune it to a radio station that I like and get ready for school. I need to check the weather so I find my way over to the TV and turn it to the news. Whenever you need the weather it is never on right away, you usually just missed it, so you wait. I decide to leave the house and head out to school, but then find myself in stop-and-go traffic. I do not have a GPS to get me around the traffic so I just sit there and slowly get angry. I finally get to school and attend all my classes. When I am in Physics and Pre Cal I do not have my calculator, so I have to all my math longhand. I get out of school and have to drive all the way to the gym, this time there is not an accident but I am running late. I have no way of contacting my trainer so he then waits for me as I am a half hour late and that is money down the toilet.
A day without my cellphone would not be impossible. There have been plenty of days where I have needed to shut it off or places where I do not get service. Generally in these cases I do not need my iPhone anyway. My iPhone simply makes everything much easier. Every morning it wakes me up without startling me and I plug it right into my speakers and have a playlist already set up for getting ready. When I need to check my weather I open my weather application and it gives me detailed weather immediately. I use it as a GPS, compass, calculator, and other miscellaneous things. Most important I use it for communication. Although there are many things that you could use in place of your iPhone, having everything in one saves you time.
