People are spending more time with their mobile devices than they are spending with print media. Adults spending more time with their mobile devices have increased astronomically since 2008.
According to a New York based market research firm, the average adult consumer spends 120 minutes a day on their mobile device, while they spend only 44 minutes with print media, 26 minutes with newspapers, and 18 minutes with magazines.
For those who spend 120 minutes on their smartphones, about 25 minutes is used on browsing the web, 17 minutes on social networking, 13 minutes playing games, and 16 minutes listening to music.
Let’s face it; smart phones are quickly replacing most of our gadgets such as alarm clocks, laptops, and digital cameras. I don’t remember the last time I used an actual alarm clock. I have been using my phone to set my alarms for years now. Smartphones are even now replacing books, watches, cd players, radio. One can get almost any information from a smartphone by the touch of a button. I wake up in the morning, and the first thing I do is to check the weather on my smartphone.
Some smartphones allow you to check for flight delays and traffic. I am currently in possession of the Samsung Galaxy S3, and I must say I love the phone to death. It performs a whole lot more than I actually know since I have not taken the time to fully read my manual. Even with the little I know about my phone, I use it as a flashlight, GPS navigator, calculator, a barcode scanner, and many more. Well, for my age I believe I am doing a pretty good job using my phone.
Smartphones have affected the way some families communicate these days. Children use smartphones to text their parents even if they are home or not.
My children do that, so when I know they are home and text or call me, I don’t respond back to them. I feel encouraging such practices would limit their ability to communicate well in person. In my opinion, such practices would only hurt them in developing their communication and customer service skills.
Last year in church, we saw a video of the negative impact smartphones have on families who don’t use them wisely. In the video, family members who lived in the same house had not communicated verbally for hours.
Almost every communication was done via texting including announcing dinner was ready. The mother said until smartphones came along, she had the best family. She believed the life of her family was slowly disintegrating due to the use of smartphones in the homes.
It was a funny, but sad video overall. Smartphones are great, but we should use them wisely to ensure that they don’t take away our senses of reasoning when it comes to communicating with family and friends.
Do you have a smartphone? How has it affected your personal and family life? Share your thoughts and experiences with other GhanaCelebrities.Com readers.
Smart phone has indeed taking some of my time which makes my girl friend sometimes angry (:
So we have decide a day that we dont you phone as always but we use it for answering calls and checking some vital information and with this it working for us no complain I guess …
@27calibre(Ф_Ф), See you can always compromise and be in control of the usage of your smartphones.
@akua,do you know that cos of my phone I keep on skipping dinner for 3 months and you know with that it made me have limited time for my girl friend,I mean I was so addicted to my phone than nothing else.
My phone was once a rival in my relationship …..women always need attention (:
@27calibre(Ф_Ф), hahahaha, you are right women love attention, but it’s funny how you would skip dinner for 3 months all cos of a phone. You must really love it!
@Akua, ahahaha that crazy I guess,those who are addicted to smart phones like me are really in trouble ,cos the smart phone encourages us to procrastinate.
My advice to those who are addicted. To the phones should not put something on fire whilst using the phone,I tried to and I failed (:
I love my smartphone, it has affected my personal life but in a very positive way. My husband and i are mostly apart and believe me smartphone makes somethings so easier for us.
@B.B, that is what I am talking about. It is best that we as human beings have control over the use of our smartphones, and not the other way around. Smartphone are great if they are utilized well.
I AM SOOOO ANCIENT THAT I REFUSE TO FALL PREY TO TECHNOLOGY, I HATE SMARTFONS BECOS THE MOMENT U BUY À SMART FON THINKING U HAVE THE BEST FON IN THE WORLD, À MORE ADVANCED, SOPHISTICATED VERSION OF THAT SAME FON IS RELEASED. SMARTFONS ARE TOO ADDICTIVE THAT ONCE U GET ADDICTED, IT GETS VERY DIFFICULT TO QUIT.
@KA NE WU, Good point there. If you can survive that, then all power to you.
@Akua, thanks my dear.
@KA NE WU,I feel you I got the same problem
@Dr. Miyagi, lol, thank God am not alone.
@KA NE WU,lol
I’m so addicted to smartphones that as soon as they launch a new one I have to be the first one among my friend and family to get one, smartphones did take my time reason why I was on GC almost 24/7 and other websites but smartphones has helped me allot in these past years I can communicate with friends abroad, do my work when i am not around plus I don’t have to carry my notebook with me all the time, to me things like tablets have replace notebooks in a way I’m just waiting for the new technology smartphones where we will be able to pay out bills and do shopping etc with it and believe all this will be in the next Samsung galaxy 4, I used to be a apple freak
@Dr. Miyagi, and you can communicate with your brothers,sisters and friends free without paying TAKU,or communicate with small amount of money ..
Any way kik me bro 😀
@27calibre(Ф_Ф),yup I learn all those tricks from my Asian friends have been using it for almost 8 months and I got no problems with it
I’m actually reading these articles on my smart phone
I almost loss my job b’cos my smart phone. am always on instagram 24\7.
@foxy, lol I guess I’m. Not the only one Whois addicted to smartphones than, you got to be careful than