Changing technology: Millenials And Mobiles

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“I’d rather give up, like a kidney, than my phone. How did you manage before?

Carrier pigeons? Letters?” – Cameron Kirk

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Phones used to be utilized for just that, phoning people. No internet or status updates or photographs to look at. Now it

has become a way to pass the time or even kill time. The development of technology has left the Millenial generation

always looking down at their screen.

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With heightened accessibility and technology’s increasing importance and value to society children are now conditioned to be attached to their phones, to always be looking down. So much so that an 8 year old can work a mobile phone better

than an 82 year old

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It’s said that the wealth of phone manufacturers is due to versions. In Apple’s case, that’s why there are 5 different

iPhones. The Millenials have become the biggest version consumer demographic in society, holding an out with the

old in with the new policy

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‘“I think that cellphones are something that teenagers can’t live without because we are always living in the now and

technology allows us to be constantly updated on everything that is happening in the world. I use it a lot,”

senior Matthew Douglas said.’

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Classroom distractions used to be note passing and spitballs, now it’s become browsing instagram,

tweeting or snapchatting for an entire class. Mobile phones have made it much harder to pay attention to your surroundings.

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With the development of the smart phone came the development of more uses for it. Nowadays a phone is an

mp3, camera, computer, and credit card all in one. Teenagers have become so attached to their

phones because it is essentially their lives in a device.

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Remember having to remember to bring your camera to events with you? Smartphones, and most other types of phones now come with a quality camera built into them.

The Millenials have become a generation of mass photographers

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Photography has also become less of a niche interest in teenagers, the majority of Millenials now use photo apps such

as instagram and edit them as well. “The whole world becomes a photo agency at that point. More so than ever

before.”

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Mobiles provide the Millenials with a constant distraction within arms reach. Along with social media apps, phones also became video game consoles. Further

adding to the addictive nature of mobile devices.

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Mobile phones have changed the way teenagers interact. Before smartphones typically you’d call or text someone to know what they’re doing, who they’re with or

where they are, now via Twitter, Facebook and Instagram you don’t even have to ask.

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Computers are of lesser importance to the Millenials as before because they can as easily surf the web on their

phones. “One in four young people say they are “cell-mostly” Internet users, a percentage that

increases to about half when the phone is a smartphone.”

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For many, mobile phones have become apart of the day’s outfit.

With thousands of available cases for purchase dressing up your phone has become highly fashionable and makes it even more personalized. As teenage girls used to bedazzle their phones or

iPods they are now buying fashionable cases for their smartphones.

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The implications that mobiles have had on the Millenials are both good and bad, though the

majority of them bad

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Mobile phones have helped to keep people connected, but at what price? Mobiles have meant that teenagers are never truly alone. They are always messaging, viewing people’s photos and thoughts. So that when they are alone, without

their phone, they are not equipped to deal with it and often feel depressed

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Mobiles have led millenials to rarely truly be focused on one thing, their attention is split between multiple things at

nearly all times.

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Phones and the advancement of its functions has also led to relationship strain and hardships. With apps such as snapchat,

where your actions are immediately erased, distrust is created. Paranoia is also often caused if you are not getting a response but see them

tweet.

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Though the millenials are the future, and mobile phones will help increase productivity and are extremely significant to the economy, it

is important to note the downfalls of millenial mobile addiction and take steps to moderate mobile use.

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Sources:

http://readwrite.com/2013/04/08/teenagers-smartphones-how-theyre-changing-the-world

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/26/instagram-and-the-new-era-of-paparazzi/?ref=technology

http://www.ctvnews.ca/more-youth-use-smartphones-to-log-online-u-s-report-1.1193559#ixzz2Qnxqu5cd