Americans and Their Cellphones

Cellphone access in America has become a major necessity in everyday life. The reason being, 9 out of 10 Americans own a cellular device ranging in age, race, and gender. Many Americans use their cellular devices for more than just the usual chat on the phone. Now day’s phones such as the IPhone, can send text messages, surf the web, load applications, listening to music. Basically work as a mini computer. So the option of simply looking up information online, or ordering yourself a pizza can be done without turning a laptop to connect to the internet or picking up a telephone and talking to a live person. The successes that technology has had in the past years is quite amazing but the real question is, could it one day be too much? Do we as Americans depend on cellphones or better yet technology a little too much? For example, standing in a long line of 10 people and nobody knows one another, I’m almost positive that 50% of those people are either playing a game on their phone, sending a text message, updating their latest Facebook status, or simply scrolling through their contacts too assume the position of looking busy. Why you may ask? Because we as Americans, use the cellphone as a scapegoat not too communicate or better yet pass time. Most Americans wouldn’t be caught dead leaving the house without some sort of communication device; we use them for many different reasons for work, school, and simply entertainment. It could be considered a form of addiction a person drives 10 miles down the street and realizes they’ve forgotten they’re “form of communication” and I can guarantee that they turn around to get that device. We’ve grown accustomed to having a cellphone.

When someone is asked the question has the luxury of having the cellphone become a necessity? Well in today’s life we as a generation wouldn’t consider it a luxury, we’ve become accustomed to it, and it is pretty much what we know. However when the idea of a cellphone came about it was expensive and something completely never heard of, so very little people had the opportunity of even owning such, But in today’s day the knowledge of cellphones and price of owning one is extremely reasonable which would be why 99% of people have them. Also one can’t really consider the fact that we as people are not thankful for having the luxury of a cellphone but in all honesty one can’t call someone ungrateful for something that has always been around. I do believe that Americans depend on technology, especially mobile devices we use them in everyday life so it is necessary to own or have the fear of being ostracized because he/she is still living in the Stone Age.