Mobile phones: pros and cons

Проект по английскому языку ученика 10 классаМБОУ Щелковского лицея №7

Белова Сергея

Научный руководительУчитель английского языка высшей категории

Алетина Людмила Викторовна

The purpose of work

• I. Determine the most popular mobile phone models and find out why people choose them.

• II. Determine in which purpose people use mobile phones more often.

• III. Find out if there any influence of mobile phones on human’s health; If it is dangerous; how to protect your health.

The history of invention • 1947 - the Research Laboratory of Bell Laboratories (owned by AT & T) has proposed

to create a mobile phone.• 1957– L.I. Kupriyanovich (USSR) has created an experimental model of mobile phone

LK-1 weighing 3 kg and a base station to it relating to the CTA. In the following sample weight 1958 mobile phone has been reduced to 0.5 kg.

• 1966 - Bulgaria presented the exhibition "Interorgtehnika-66" prototype of Portable networks - mobile phone RAT-0,5 and ATRT-0,5 and base station Ratz-10 for 6 users.

• 1973 - they released their first prototype of a portable cellular phone - Motorola DynaTAC.

• 1989 - there was released on a cell phone Motorola MicroTAC with flip (his microphone was placed in the flip cover).

• 1993 - made the first cell phone with a built-in clock Benefon Beta.• 1996- The first cell phone in the form factor «clamshell» - Motorola StarTAC. This

phone is a great success in the U.S. and Europe.• 1997 - released a cell phone Philips Spark is able to work 350 hours per charge.• 1998 - The first mobile phone with touch screen - Sharp PMC-1 Smart-phone.• 1999 - released the phone supporting WAP - Nokia 7110.

• 1999 - released cell phone with the use of two SIM-cards Benefon Twin +.• 1999 - first cell phone in the slide form factor Siemens SL10.• 2000 - The first mobile phone supporting Internet Times (Swatch) - Ericsson T20.• 2002 - the first cell phone in the form factor of a rotator - Motorola V70.• 2002 - The first mobile phone with built-in digital camera - Samsung V200.• 2002 - the company Ericsson has released the first mobile phone supporting

Bluetooth.• 2000 - the first cell phone that has GPS-receiver - Benefon ESC.• 2000 - the first cell phone with polyphony (Sony J5)• 2000 - Japanese company Sharp together with mobile operator J-Phone launched

the first mobile phones with built-in camera.• 2000 - first cell phone having MP3-player and supporting memory cards

MultiMediaCard Siemens SL45.• 2001 - the first mobile phone designed specifically for women - Samsung SGH-A400.• 2002 - the company Ericsson has released the first mobile phone with support for

Bluetooth.• 2002 - The first mobile phone with EDGE - Nokia 6200 (Nokia 6220).• 2009 - in sale 12.1Mp camera phone - Samsung Pixon12 M8910.

Kupriyanovich with mobile phone LK-1 in the car Kupriyanovich and LK-1 with the battery

Motorola DynaTAC 8000x

Motorola MicroTAC

Sharp PMC-1 smart-phone

Benefon Twin +

Siemens SL10

Motorola V70

Samsung V200

Samsung Pixon12 M8910

Some information about popular mobile phones

• Top 10 popular phones• 1.  Apple iPhone 4S• 2. HTC Desire S • 3.  НТС Sensation

_______________• 4. Samsung i9100 Galaxy S II• 5. Sony Ericsson – ST18 Xperia Ray• 6. Nokia 603• 7. Sony Ericsson WT19 Live• 8. Samsung S5830 Galaxy Ace• 9. Sony Ericson MT15 Xperia Neo• 10. Samsung S5660 Galaxy  GIO

Decision: there 2 the most popular companies

НТС SensationHTC Desire S

Apple iPhone 4S

Observation

• The most important advantage is unrealistic display capabilities;

• A large viewing angle;

• High build quality;

• A big number of different programs and applications.

Opinions of scientists about mobile phones

Pros• Make teenagers to switch to a

healthy lifestyle.• Reason why there are no

roaches in houses and flats(not proven).

Cons• Stress of the immune system

(reduced resistance to disease and other harmful external influences).

• Impair eyesight.• Impair hearing.• Disorders of memory and

sleep.• May cause allergy to

electromagnetic emission.

Opinions of psychologists about mobile phones

Pros• Don’t cause cancer.• Don’t cause headaches(the

reason is bad ecology).• Don’t raise blood pressure.

Cons• May cause chronic

insomnia.• May cause addiction.

The ways of protection

• At home and in the office use a landline phone.• Use SMS more often.• Children and teenagers under the age of 16 should use

cell phones only when absolutely necessary.• Pregnant women should not use a cell phone.• During the call to the subscriber does not hold the phone

near the head.• During a call hold the device with three fingers for the

lower part of the device.• Change the position of the handset during a conversation.• Avoid all kinds of plates, supposedly protects against

emission.• Should not talk on a cell phone while driving a car, in

tunnels, in metal garages.

My researches

Yes No0%

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80%

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95%

5%

Do you know about the influ-ence of phones on humans health? (students of 5-11

grades)

Games

Music SMS Talk Clock0%5%

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8%

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33%36%34%

27%

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AdultsTeenagers

What functions of phones do you use more often?

Conclusions • 1. Most of students have heard about the influence

of mobile phones on human’s health.• 2. Teenager and adults use mobile phones

differently.• 3. The most popular phones should have wide

displays, big variety of attachments and high build quality.

• 4. Principally mobile phones make harm to human’s health.

• 5. People should take measures to protect their health from electromagnetic emission.

Thank you for your attention.