How the Smart Phone Affects My Life

張貼日期：Jan 30, 2016 12:45:46 PM

Esther Yang

In this information age, the smart phone is convenient for us. But the overuse of the smart phone has penetrated our life. Personally, while I highly applaud the smart phone’ usefulness, I disapprove its three major negative effects.

First of all, the smart phone affects my quality of sleep. Before I go to sleep, I have a habit to use my smart phone. There are all kinds of information and resources offered to me via the social network. So, before the bedtime, I like to check the information of my favorite idol, some videos I am interested in and some amusing or touching stories. Thus, I always spend at least 2 hours using the smart phone before sleeping. Sometimes, I will stay rather late in order to watch some variety shows. I even suffer insomnia after playing with the phone for a long time. On the other hand, it has a bad influence on the health of my eyesight, my body organs and my skin because of my staying up late. Therefore, playing the smart phone has affected my physical condition.

Secondly, using the smart phone leads to the smart phone addiction and nomophobia. I like to play my phone no matter what I do. When I travel, I would like to take photos and share them via the social network. Similarly, the first thing I am used to doing before eating is to take a photo of the food with my smart phone. I also like to share my selfie on my account to get some responses so that I can find the sense of existence in the virtual world. To be exact, the first thing I do after getting up is to check the phone, and a day always ends by stopping playing the phone. What's more, if my phone has a low power when I am outside, I lose the sense of security. Admittedly, I have developed strong dependency on my smart phone.

In addition, using the smart phone, I expose my personal information. There are many problems with the smart phone, and in my opinion, the major issue is the privacy. When I use my phone to surf the Internet, my personal information such as my whereabouts and occupations are exposed. Thus, inevitably the network fraud has become more and more common. Unfortunately, I have once been cheated on the online trading. Apparently, the smart phone affects my personal safety to a considerable extent.

For all that is mentioned above, the smart phone has affected our life profoundly. What we should do is to make use of it in a proper way and minimize its negative effects. The smart phone has already taken the place of our camera, the calendar, the clock, and the counter. We should be careful not to let it invade our privacy and family life too much.