It's a Necessity

Cell phones: we use them particularly every five minutes. Sometimes there is not even any purpose to why we are using our phones in the first place. Phones have made our lives simpler for us. We can now do everything on our phones from managing our banking account, connecting to others through social media, online shopping, and the main purpose: talking and texting to others. However, as time progresses it seems, as we are more dependent on our phones than independent.
Cell phones have made a drastic change from being the size of a brick to now fitting in the palm of our hands. Older phones used to have short battery life, antennas to get better signal, bulky shape, large buttons, and were highly expensive. However, with the advanced technology phones now have longer battery life, no antennas, slim shape, touch screen, and are worth less than $500. Another difference between phones then and now is that older phones did not have internet to connect us to others. Phones nowadays have internet and we now use it for everything.
With the advancement in phones, we can now manage our personal banking accounts online. Even though, cell phones make managing our banking accounts easier. If not careful, people can steal important information from anyone. Nowadays, it is normal to buy “wants” online, and the only way to pay for them is to use a credit or debit card. We put all our personal banking information on shopping sites without pondering the thought that someone could steal our own hard-earned money. Why do we do this? People know the consequences of putting personal information on the internet, but they still do it.
The downsides to cell phones are that we depend on them too much. With the advancement in phones, we use social me...

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...t could cause cancer in people. With these new discoveries, this shows that people have taken the use of cell phones to the extreme by still using them and affecting their own health.
Cell phones have become such an addiction to people. Some would not even know what to do with their lives. Some people feel odd when they do not have their phones with them sending them into a frenzy searching for it. Cell phones should make people more independent with its advancement perquisites instead of dependent. However, with the advancements in phones the more we use them for everyday life. Even, six year olds use cell phones, which is not even right. Phones have caused people to forget how to have a normal conversation, depend on them, and put their own health in danger. Therefore, people need to stop being so dependent and more independent with their use of the cell phone.