Essay

Are cellphones necessary in teenagers´ lifes?

In today´s modern society, many feel as if having a cellphone is a necessity. Every where you go, there is a constant texting and talking on cellphones. Recent studies have shown that the largest group of phone users is teenagers. Teenagers in the past have done just as well  without cellphones, so why do teenagers nowadays require cellphones? Cellphones are not necessary in teenagers´lives because they are distractions, cost up to a fortune, and can be misused in several ways.

Cellphones are becoming more and more developed, with far more abillties and applications than before. Cellphones can now be used for texting, talking, going on Facebook, taking pictures/ videos, playing games, and millions more. Cellphones  are becoming an alternative for computers. Teens are beginning to have cellphones on hand all the time. The average teen uses his/her cellphone for approximately eight hours on a day to day basis. With cellphones being used so much, when do teens have time to focus on school work and their families? Cellphones play a major role as distractions in the typical lives of several teens.

With the increasing number of applications and uses of cellphones, the cost of using them and maintaining is increasing. The average bill of one cellphone comes up to at least 30$ a month. Each application use has a cost. If a cellphone cost approximately 30$ a month to maintain, it would total up to more than 300$ a year. Imagine how many uses 300 dollars could pay for. The money spent on cellphones could be use towards a teenager´s education or another worthy cause. Why spend so much money on cellphones when you could just use your home phone? They are a waste of money.

The most immese disadvantage of cellphones is that they can be misused fairly easily. Cellphones are easy to store in your pocket and are convenient to use on the go. This is why many teenagers use their phones to cheat on their tests, cyberbully other teens, etc. Teenagers with phones know exactly how to function each and every aspect of their phones, from where to store cheat notes, to how to text others without their own number being shown. Cellphones enable teens to get away with such unethical acts. Cellphones are danger threats to teenagers if they are used with wrong intentions.

Cellphones have their many benefits and advantages indeed, but their disadvantages outweigh their good purposes. Teenagers are beginning to live their lives evolved around this latest technology trend, but little do they know that cellphones are leading them to unsatisfying lifes. Cellphones are not a necessity to teenagers because they only play as distractions in their lives, enable them to be unethical citizens, and empty their wallets or the wallets of their parents. Cellphones are the newest technology gadgets leading teenagers to a downfalling life.