Addiction

"When you're having a text conversation and the service drops, it's like your whole world has ended,"
Missing a call, not being able to reply to a text instantly, or even having your phone off for just a few minutes is reason to worry for many excessive cell phone users.

"If you don't pick up a girl's phone call and you're dating her--my god, expect to buy flowers for her,"
Cell phones have provided use with ease of access and convenience. And now because of cell phones, there's almost no excuse to miss a call. People can contact and connect with you independent of location. Too expensive too call? Roaming charges? Maybe a text would do.

“It’s not just a phone anymore, it’s more like a mobile computer and entertainment unit."
The range of activities capable of being done from your cellphone ranges from playing games to surfing the web. Now, people can even access their Facebook accounts from their cell phone.

“The paradox of the phone is that it gives independence but it also creates dependence.”
People have become overly dependent on cell phones. Leaving your cell phone at home is virtually never an option for some cell phone users. Some users are so dependent on the device that they take it with them......anywhere!

"As ownership rates have increased, they’ve become a huge part of people’s social lives … without their phone, people feel like they are out of the loop"
Cell phones can affect a user's quality of life. Not only can people feel out the loop without their phones, but because of their phones, they can also be out of the loop because they spend more time on their cell phones than they would interacting socially.


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