Cell phones have crept into an owner’s possession at all times. “The mobile phone has become a part of us: our best friend who will save all our secrets, pleasures and sorrows” ("Exploring"). Teens have developed the need to know the latest news on social media every minute of every day; they do not want to miss any little detail. Since the beginning of smart phones, high school students have felt the need to have their media open on their smart phone in front of them so they do not feel empty. Once someone has become attached or addicted to something, it is hard to change their habits. Cell phones have changed people socially, especially with the availability to social media with electronics. Many of the early cell phones were considered “car phones” because they were extremely bulky and too big to fit into one's pocket. The first mobile phone due to its smaller size would still be considered overly large in today’s world. It was called the Motorola DynaTAC 8000x and arrived on the market in 1983. “You always have the trendsetters who are not afraid of trying new things and then everyone else follows. They were primarily used in the sales and business world, but not often for personal use like you see today” ("Ai InSite"). As technology advanced, companies invented new ways to pack all their customer’s desired features into smaller, portable, and more affordable models. Companies started with a cell phone size as big as a computer and have now created small enough devices to keep in a pocket. They have created bigger screens, built-in cameras, phones with less buttons, and many have touch screens now days. The shape of cell phones have drastically changed over the years. Cells phones began as a device solely for talking to one ... ... middle of paper ... ...e Information Habits of University Students Around the World. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2013. Goscicki, Claire. "MD." The Michigan Daily. N.p., 31 Mar. 2011. Web. 24 Nov. 2013. Lin, Helen Lee. "How Your Cell Phone Hurts Your Relationships." Scientific American. N.p., 4 Sept. 2012. Mitchell, Amy. "Mobile Devices and News Consumption: Some Good Signs for Journalism." The State of the News Media 2012. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Nov. 2013. Schorn, Daniel. "Cell Phones: Evolution Or Revolution?." CBSNews. CBS Interactive, 8 June 2006. Web. 24 Nov. 2013. Stout, Hilary. "Antisocial Networking?."The New York Times. N.p., 30 Apr. 2010. Web. 24 Nov. 2013. "Teenagers and technology: 'I'd rather give up my kidney than my phone'." the Guardian. N.p., 15 July 2010. Web. 24 Nov. 2013. "The History and Evolution of Cell Phones." Ai InSite. N.p., 24 Oct. 2011. Web. 24 Nov. 2013.
I must admit that I have been succumbing to this plague that has everyone staring down instead of looking ahead. The cell phone was invented in 1973 as a mode of contact for convenience by John Mitchell and Martin Cooper of the Motorola Corporation. At
Cell phones have made a big impact on the world, for example, people are using them daily, and they have influenced science, politics, and many more fields.
In 1973 an inventor by the name Martin Cooper developed the first cell phone that was approved for commercial use. Since cell phone first invent they have gone massive changes and become more advanced, from bag phones to phones look like bricks, and from tiny phone to every day smart phone, cell phones are always changing. The advancement in technology, changed our relationship with the phone and changed the way we behave. Making calls in public places, some love it, others hate it. Today we live in a world of continues communication, everywhere we look, people are calling, texting or taking pictures with their phones. In fact people are going against their better judgment and continue to text even during activities that considered dangerous
Teenagers are now more obsessed with their phones than ever before. According to Eugenia Ives, writer and researcher, 80% of our youth today have phones (Ives 19). Eugenia Ives, and many other researchers, refers to this generation that which own so much technology and have always grown up with technology as the iGeneration. Research shows that within this iGeneration the average age for a child to receive a phone is twelve. These numbers sound crazy to those whom did not grow up with this mass amount of technology; it wasn’t too long ago that only the privileged had a phone, but now, almost everyone one see has a phone. With this increase in number of phones, teenagers use digital technology on average seven and half hours out of their day (Ives 10). Increased digital consumption has created increased use of social media. Today there are over seven and a half million Facebook users under the age of thirteen, five million of which are under the age of eleven (Ives 20). In Ives ‘ study her research shows that one
The world’s first mobile phone call was made on April 3, 1973, when Martin Cooper, a senior engineer at Motorola, called a rival telecommunications company and informed them he was speaking via a mobile phone. The phone Cooper used, if you could call it that, weighed a staggering 1.1kg and measured in at 228.6x127x44.4mm. With this prototype device, you got 30 minutes of talk-time and it took around 10 hours to charge.”(knowyourmobile). Back then cell phones weren’t as flashy but everyone was just as excited for them as they are now. “Many of the early cell phones were considered to be “car phones,” as they were too large and cumbersome to carry around in a pocket or purse. However, in 1983, the Motorola DynaTAC 8000x arrived on the market. Though huge by today’s standards, it was considered the first truly mobile phone because it was small enough to carry.”(artinstitutes).
This first handheld cell phone weighed 2.4 pounds and was 9 x 5 x 1.75 inches in size. For reference, the iPhone 6 is 5.44 x 2.64 x 0.27 inches and weighs just 129 grams (0.28 pounds). The first handheld cell phone also had only 20 minutes of battery life when talking. Once the phone battery was drained, it took approximately 10 hours to charge back up fully. As phones change, society changes along with it because people rely on their phones for everything. As phones develop people develop with them. And People have evolved to have everything they need right in their pockets.
What is a cell phone? When did the cell phone come out? Cell phones are electronic devices used for communicating. Engineer Martin Cooper was the first individual who made the first public cell phone in 1973 (Browning). Later on, the cell phone became the most important tool for our daily life in the modern world. Today society is a cell phone-controlled world, to some degree. Even though it is true that cell phones bring countless conveniences to people, the use of cell phones should be restricted. Despite their advantages as mapping and communication tools, they can cause accidents when used while driving, restrict driver’s attention which can cause safety concerns, and even lead to health problems.
The Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project studies the behavior and attitudes towards cell phones and highlights the generation of teens and young adults who use cell phones, a setting between 18-29- year- olds. This project conducted up to 100 surveys and wrote up to 200 reports on teens and internet use, as Lenhart, Purcell, Smith, and Zickuhr explained in the research. She also reported with other colleagues how their findings on social media and internet use situated among older children compared within the data between adolescents and older children. Lenhart’s current data draws a hypothesis conducted from this study-this research had started between June and August of 800 teenagers between 12 and 17 who use cell phones as a source of how they behave online more than they do in the real world.
In 1983, Motorola released its first cell phone, known as the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X, which offered 30 minutes of talk-time, six hour standby, and could store 30 phone numbers. By that time, cell phones were extremely expensive -- the DynaTAC 8000X costs 3995 dollars, and the cellular network was limited. To analyze the development and interpretative flexibility of the cell phone at its early stage, we must first introduce social groups that were related to the artefact. The users of the artefact were the most important social group. At the time, users were mainly constructed by businessmen, managers, politicians, doctors,big companies, military etc. who had high income and had to remain in contact with others occasionally. For them, the cell phones were the extension of corded phones that helps keeping the communication on without the limit of ranges. Thus, the problems that this social group had with cell phones are rather clear. The cell phones were too big and heavy, the talking time was too short for frequent users, and the nu...
On April 3rd, 1973, Martin Cooper, an employee of Motorola, stood on Sixth Avenue in New York City holding a piece of technology that would spark massive changes across the world. (Seward) That was the cellular telephone. Prior to that day, telephones had been limited to those hard-wired, either into homes or public places. Soon, people everywhere would be constantly connected to each other, always able to talk, and always able to check in. Since the mobile phone's debut, it has created new heights in communication, creating a world so interconnected that it will never be able go back to the simplicity of communication once so common.
When phones became available to the public they were not considered to be mobile in today’s sense of the word. They were available to have installed in an automobile, they were big and bulky, and they needed and consumed a lot of power to use. The phone networks would only support a few simultaneous conversations. Cell phones since then have made vast improvements in their efficiency, abilities, and size. The first handheld mobile phone wasn’t produce until 1973. The origin...
Since the introduction of the smartphone the mobile phone industry has taken off with many companies trying to succeed in the battle to have the best quality phone. In the third quarter of 2013 smartphones accounted for 55% of overall mobile phone sales, with worldwide sales of smartphones up 50%. (Johnson, 2013) However before the creation of palm sized smartphones there had been a large amount of different versions of mobile phones going all the way back to 1938 with the SCR-194 and 195. This was the first portable AM radio produced by the U.S. Army signal Corps Engineering Laboratories, which was considered as the first “walkie talkie”. (Meyers, 2011) The tech...
According to Reed (2010), smartphones were first brought to the attention of the public in 1993 by IBM and BellSouth. When the first smartphone was produced, it was called "Simon". Even though the technology was nowhere near what it is today, "Simon" utilized a touch screen and was able send faxes and access e-mail. The use of the touch screen foreshadowed what would come 14 years later, the iPhone. The next smartphone to be invented was the Nokia 9110 Communicator in 1998. This phone resembled the look of toda...
As long as I’ve lived there has always been some form of a mobile phone. Before the invention of cell phones I imagine that the world was a lot more mystery in the world. Now we can find all information on our phones. We have phone addicts who have to have their phone ...
Back in the late 70s and early 80s phones did not have cameras or web browsing or anything like that. They were basically just plastic boxes with wiring inside unlike today’s smartphones with glass touchscreens HD camcorders, video calling, and web capability, but if not for the first cellphone we would not have come so far since then. In 1973 the founder of Motorola Martin Cooper made it easier to call and chat with people and made the worlds first mobile phone. However, it was not approved by the FCC until September 21, 1983, when it became the first commercial portable cellphone. At a cost of $3,995 people thought of this as the future of communication and everyone wanted to get their hands on one though looking back on it now they might have been a little over priced compared to todays modern cellphone prices. We have come a long way since the 70s phones have become more compacted easier to take on the go and today mankind is still coming up with ever newer ways to stay close to ...