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a cell phone is a best friend, companion, and life saver. this piece of equipment has become one of the most used products on this earth. it is estimated that the average age for a person to get their first cell phone is 8 years old. i never had my first one until i was about 16! cell phones save us from ultimate boredom in dire situations. now a days you can buy and play whatever games you can think of on these things. the most popular is the iPhone. which also happens to be the type of phone i have. you can customize your cell however you would like, you can buy skins for them and cases with all sorts of things on them. you can really make it personal to you. i always have my Oakland raiders case on my phone. when you buy it, you also get to pick the color of the device. now they have came out with the iPhone 5c, where there are a range of colors to choose from. it used to be only between black and white. they are all rectangular with a slightly bigger screen each generation.

now take a step back to remember those annoying home phones where your sister's would tie up to phone lines, as well as those prank phone calls that some tween who got your number out of a phone book. Though cell phones have made it incredibly difficult to get someones attention, by way of all the apps on then such as but not limited to Facebook, Candy Crush, Flappy/Angry birds. A study publish by BBC has stated that cell phones are making people conversationally inept due to high volume texting which are seen are preplanned non time limited responses, also due to all the one letter words such as u and terms TTYL are slowly making there way into actual speech. It is true that there is no way to turn back the clock I just want to stress the need so seemingly spontaneous conversation not an extension of text type speech.

 They have the basic use as a communication devise, but with the development of the "smart phone", it's uses have greatly increased. Now the cell phone can be used for multiple forms of communication such as voice calls, video calls, text messaging, and e-mail. The uses of the new smart phone are near limitless, with ever-expanding selection of applications such as GPS, and internet connection. It can be expanded further with social media such as Facebook, and YouTube. Also a business aspect with stock tracking, conference calls, and data trackers. The limits of a cell phone have greatly changed from the simple mobile communication devise.       

Now we ask ourselves how something so small, so thin, so breakable, be something we live for and something we rely on to have. In the world we live in today we no longer have house phones we have cell phones. Your cell phone is expected to be on you at ALL times. Its mobile meaning if you're out and about or having family time it is expected to be on you or by you. Your work is supposed to be able to get ahold of you at all times. Your cell phone although so important and handy to have is an obsession.
I do believe having a cell phone at a certain age is so important its what we rely on to get ahold of someone if there is an emergency or if you need something. I call my parents so many times in one day just to say hi or check in. But its when you see children that are constantly playing on their parents phones while in the shopping cart at the store because its the only thing to keep them from throwing a fit. Why not give your child a toy to keep them occupied? There are so many car accidents from texting and driving alone people cant even get from one destination to another without picking up there cell. How much time do you spend on your phone in one day? How many hours in one year do you think your on your phone? I don't even mean actually speaking to someone I mean browsing using Face Book on it and all your other apps such as texting. Now think about what you could have been doing or what you were missing out on because you were to occupied with your phone.