Cyberpsychology 459: Phone Addiction April 2014 | Page 3

PHONEADDICTION

Adrianna Marks

With the era of the smart phone the need for certain items we once commonly used are now beginning to be replaced due to phone's ever increasing capabilities. While it does make it more convenient to have everything all in one place it adds to our reliance on cell phones and contributes to the reason we are essentially addicted to having our phones with us at all times. Many items that we once used are now being long forgotten because of the convenience of being able to have everything we need in a small portable device.

Some widely used items that smart phones have replaced are:

- alarm clocks

- pen and paper

- cameras

- flashlights

- ipods

- calendars

- credit cards

- GPS

- dictionaries

- stopwatches

- phone books

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