What will be the impact of mobile phones becoming all-pervasive?

We often get confused between a smartphone and a mobile phone. A smartphone is a mini-computer which has its own operating software(OS) and is capable of performing intelligent tasks like gaming, Internet of things and calling with the help of an application, whereas mobile phones were made to perform a unique task of calling wirelessly. When Martin Cooper developed this technology in 1973, no one knew that it could be reiterated to such an extent and will affect all walks of life and become all-pervasive. The moot question here is that do smartphones or mobile phone have impacted human life.

The stark reality is that whether we want it or not life is now incomplete without a smartphone. The amount of time an individual invests in a smartphone on various activities such as social media, gaming, and connecting with different people has made it an integral part of his life.

It has become a Hamletian dilemma for humans to decide whether to give up the usage of a smartphone which has impacted us so much or ignoring it all and still continue it with the impacts it has given to the environment and humans themselves.

The pressing concern is to choose between bouquets or brickbats which are equal in number. Yes, smartphones have indeed created a sense of togetherness among us but at the cost of giving less time to family staying with you and yourself also. With this smartphone, you can connect to a billion people by just tap of a button but at the cost of killing and destroying the habitat of millions of birds which get affected with these skyrocketing cell towers. The smartphones have impacted us to such an extent and become all-pervasive that clubs are being made for smartphone addicts so that they can control their desire for using smartphones and give time to themselves.

It is a true fact that the evolution of smartphones was swift and serendipitous for us and we haven’t got enough time to calculate and calibrate its long term impact on us. We often understand when we are on the tread of disaster and this is the time to repair and restart the way we use smartphones and use it in a more balanced way, so that it becomes less pervasive to human life. It will be better to use smartphones to become productive rather than getting busy and use it as an activity to fulfil an unnecessary and time-consuming task.