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With the introduction of mobile in this world many things have become easy to connect with one and other. I think the first mobile phone was invented in the year 1973 by Motorola (if i am not wrong). From that mobile phone has become very essential in our day today life. Now a days no one will forget to take their mobile along with them.  The reason is we are living in a fast moving world where social life is centered around the mobile phones. Mobile phones are the No:1 culprit in damaging our social life and family life. People have started Texting instead of talking and visiting.There was also many debates which has happen if mobile phones are a boon or bane.

According to you, introduction of mobile phones is a boon or bane to the society???

Can be a boon
Can also be a curse, His Grace Facilitate access from all over the world in realtime, without complicated and easy to carry anywhere.
The curse can be addictive and can interact with many traffic accidents caused by a smartphone.Addicts indifferent to the circumstances around as if a new world were on their mobile screen and making them counter-social.

It can be both, depending on the user, like any tool.

With proper use of tools, you can build yourself a house, and with those same tools, you can end up in the hospital if used incorrectly.  For those without mental discipline, it's easy to get sucked into the addictive nature of a smartphone and repetitively needing updates or social recognition.  But it can also be used to make your life more convenient, have access to the world's information, etc.  Just depends what you use it for.

A blessing, when I had an accident, my body was immobile on the floor, I could not move my body and had children trapped in the bus, it was full of people injured on the ground, if someone had not called ambulance to help us and called others Cars come to help us what would become of us?

Cell phone can be very useful at certain times

Telephones are certainly good, because with the help of fast communication we can help someone and can develop our business faster. We will return to the stone age and we will be very difficult to survive.

The phone aspect is great. The mini computer aspect has turned many a person into a drooling zombie. It's genie that won't be going back into the bottle but I'm glad I grew up before the smartphone era. I think it's made aspects of society atrophy.

Technology is amoral, whatever results out of it depends on the people using it. Gunpowder was used both for making fireworks and cannons. Printing press was used to print educational material and propaganda pamphlets.


As someone who don't text or call that often anyway, I actually found the minicomputer aspect the most useful. I can get my Youtube fix during my downtime, I can check my email, I can open an exchange to check on the rates, I can make and edit documents, etc.

It really depends on how you are using it. I remember the first time phones became more widely available, people went zombie mode texting and playing Snake.  ;D Heck, there were SMS clans that took advantage of group texting promos. I've seen a lot of people cheat partners and a lot of kids born out of wedlock. And that was around 2 decades before smartphones!

A mobile phone is certainly good. In fact, he only expands human capabilities. With the advent of smartphones this is not only a tool for communication, as a part of our lives. It helps to find a way to make a purchase and much more. The fact that people reach on the phone than in person it's not bad. It's just a different way of communicating.

Mobile phones are the best thing happened to mankind. Communication has become easier and now everything happens through a smartphone which saves  lot of time. Earlier phones were bulky but now we get in lot of designs and slimmer ones.

It can be a boon or a bane. It just completely depends on the person using it.

It becomes a bane if people use social media in public places instead of actually socializing with lets say, your family or friends.

It's a boon if you take advantage of smartphones by the way it's supposed to be used. "information on your fingertips". It should be a tool for easily accessing information on the web, not mainly for selfies.

True.

As a pure informational device they're miraculous. It's when the vanity and subterfuge takes root that's when they stop being healthy.

I think this can also apply to the term a sword is only dangerous depending on who wields it. We all want to make the world a better place however, some things, inventions, gadgets or whatnot also can exist to serve a sinister purpose. When we made communication faster and better we also opened the door to communication problems like what you all said but I think in the long run this beneffitted mankind greatly.

The advantages of mobile phone technology far outweigh the disadvantages. Mobiles have changed the world's way of life. Faster and efficient communication is the key to development. On a side note, I really miss my old Motorolla Timeport 280 with an antenna. :(

Mobile phones especially the ones being produced nowadays are designed to make our life easier. We can communicate through a lot of different apps, free of charge most of them, like Whatsapp, Viber, Skype, Facebook, Messenger etc. This helps us keep in touch with our loved ones who maybe abroad, also it eases our communication in our jobs.

The only disadvantage a mobile phone has, many people know where you are ,so if you want to stay alone, to calm a bit, or just to get refugee for a few hours from this harsh world we live in, you have to turn it off.

Lol, just google image'd that.  You don't really miss it haha
Reminds me of my first phone - Nokia 8130.  This was when each phone was getting smaller than the previous generation, and it was all about getting smaller and this was a "candy bar" phone.  Screen size didn't mean anything.  So I got this tiny phone only to see that when I call people, the phone doesn't even make it halfway from my ear to my mouth and it's not the most clear sounding lol.  After that, it seemed phones started getting bigger again.

To those who are privacy conscious, they dont like the idea of someone eavesdropping on their conversation and spying on them, but with introduction of mobile phones, there isn't any privacy anymore especially to those with smartphones. To them it may be considered a bane.

Actually yes, it can be both. I had my first mobile phone way back in 1995 it was a Motorola Microtac as far as I can remember. Well its serves a good purpose on my end, business and personal wise. But sometimes when I'm in a middle of a meeting then my phone rang. LOL. For some this is really annoying. One big negative impact of cellphone is that it has somewhat affect the dynamics of human contact. Some people may not know how to interact in real life anymore, preferring just to send text message of instant message.

However, there are advantages as well, like simple forgetting you shopping list and you are already in the grocery store. A call to your home can easily solved your problem. Cell phones add convenience to our lives. You can call anyone from virtually anywhere. Because mobile phones provide a constant avenue for communication.

For me introducing of mobile phones is more of a boon because it gives a lot of benefits to us. Especially in the world of communication. Now we can easily keep in touch with our love one even in abroad, we can chat or video call them through mobile fone with internet. But it can be also a bane if you abuse to use it.

Agreed to both of you. We can't even call it a double-edged sword since that would imply it will always have a negative effect whichever way you use it. I try to think of technology like money. They offer opportunities and a wide variety of uses. Just like you can use your money as donation to charity or for buying arms to intimidate people, phones can be used to help or hurt yourself and others.

With the advent of phones you can find negative and positive effects, it all depends on how to use them. For me it's a very good thing to be in touch in any situation.

John F. Mitchell and Martin Cooper was the first to introduce mobile phones. He introduced Motorola in 1973, using a handset weighing c. 2 kilograms  In 1983, the DynaTAC 8000x was the first commercially available handheld mobile phone. From 1983 to 2014, worldwide mobile phone subscriptions grew to over seven billion, penetrating 100% of the global population and reaching even the bottom of the economic pyramid.

Well without a doubt mobile phones is now considered as necessity for a person to live along with clothing, shelter, and foods.  It really makes our lives easier, from a distance of thousand miles now it seems you are neighbors.  Though, we cannot deny the fact that when there are advantages, there are also disadvantages.  Our neighbors seems like a thousand miles because we are unable to stop and communicate with them.  We have friends but not real friends.  Still, good thing that mobile phone was invented.

It's not just about mobile but depends on every technology which came into existence. The problem is people misuse the technology at the earliest rather than thinking about it's advantages.

It can be both, depending on what you're using it for. In my case , my mobile phone helps me to contact other people about projects and etc. It also serves as a portable gadget that i can use for bitcoin, but in the case of others, they tend to use them all the time even for something that is unproductive, like taking repetitive selfies or scrolling through social media. They even prefer to use their phone instead of personally talking to their loved ones. That's why mobile phones can either have a positive or a negative impact on the user.

It has both foresure but I think the boom outweighs the burden. Faster communication alone has been such a blessing for so many aspects of our daily lives. From work to personal life the fact that you can call or text a coworker to make something happen is amazing. The cons are there as well though. We are an overconnected world today. I get calls from work at all hours of the day!

Mobile phones have to be considered a bonus. It's so amazing that I can voice / video / text anyone almost completely around the world instantly! That concept alone would of blown people away even when landlines existed. Driving down the road and the meeting gets cancels? Just call Bob no big deal! It's truly fantastic and to be able to see loved ones literally anywhere with the internet. that's purely spectacular.

This is a boon but so many people abuse it so the phone becomes a curse

It is surely helpful but can also ruin your life, since mobile phone started communication in real time is easy, you can
update your friends, family or anyone, anytime and anywhere. It does a lot of things, from texting, pictures, videos and a
lot more. However, in some ways it ruined the society, just observe how people are walking facing their cell phones,
families having their supposed to be quality time while eating, but instead using their mobile phones. It made human social
behavior poor, people talk less, they spend less time talking with their family or friends.

I think the phone is helpful to people.It changes our life.
If it's in the  rainy day  you want take a taxi .The phone help you etc..
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Boon to society in that it provides convenient and sometimes affordable access to the internet and other services.
Bane in that it can be so costly to use those plans and services a month with some certain providers, although it can be mitigated to some extent through Wifi networks, downloading apps like Skype etc.
But it's still traceable to you so privacy wise a bane as well.

Yes and since phone now or mobile phones is considered to be a necessity just like food, shelter, and clothing, anyone cannot make it a day without their phones.  So basically phone is a boon.  We can talk to our loved ones even it is a thousand miles away from us in an affordable price.  Before it is really cost a lot that is why having some special someone overseas is really pain in the ass.   Bane because since mobile phones are not merely for communication but also for entertainment.  That is why some crime were made because of the obsession of social media and the like.

Not mobile but internet.
Internet that allows us to connect with each other, the use of this phone is very much spent electricity, we have to do now is to find a solution so that we do not lose the electricity supply, because during this time there is electricity supply obtained from ancient fossils and it will run out in the future.

According to South University, cell phones have many features that are beneficial to society. At a basic level, they allow people to connect with each other no matter where they are in the world. However, smart phones also serve as handheld computers that let people quickly and conveniently perform tasks as diverse as banking, research, word processing, translation and voice recording.

Nevertheless, South University also describes the way that cell phones can impair people's social skills. The high number of messages and notifications that arrive to cell phones make cell phone users constantly alert to these interruptions. As a result, they find it harder to focus on important tasks that require extreme concentration. Moreover, the accessibility and diverse features of smart phones lead people to constantly use their phones in situations that may be inappropriate, such as work, school and family gatherings.

The Pew Internet Research Project notes that people are also becoming accustomed to the brief, delayed, impersonal communication style of text messages. This makes it harder for cell phone users to effectively and confidently communicate with others in real life.

Mobile phones is the one that can guarantee happiness without it we cannot enjoy in our life and we also need it for our work to do it more easier and there will be less of problems . mobile phone will helps us to communicate far away from us we don need to use lettera just to give it to the person that is far away from us we do not need to wait longer because mobile phone will be there, just one click and it will be there.

Mobile phones is the one that can guarantee happiness without it we cannot enjoy in our life and we also need it for our work to do it more easier and there will be less of problems . mobile phone will helps us to communicate far away from us we don need to use letter just to give it to the person that is far away from us we do not need to wait longer because mobile phone will be there, just one click and it will be there.

This is one form of lack of mobile phones and Everything must have advantages and disadvantages, as well as mobile phones also have some deficiencies both in terms of economy, security, and in terms of health.In general the lack of mobile phones leads to health hazards due to the many impacts that result from the radiation of electromagnetic waves from mobile phones.

I think is a blessing because many things could have went wrong now if there is no mobile phone. I have been make money online with my mobile phone. In another way it might be a course if we use in another way. Many people are addicted to porn and nudity today because of phone and many are living a repented life today because of phone. I think it is the way we use it that matters.

it is a boon but some other person consider it as a bane or they use it for bane that is why, social media has the great number of lies :(

For me it is a Boon. People can communicate wherever and whenever, we can make sure that our loved ones are safe thanks to long distance communications. The only thing that makes mobile phones a bane is the people abusing it, sure we can talk to our loved ones, but people keep using it for entertainment purposes, talking nonsense nonstop. Its not the mobile phone that is a bane but the person abusing it.

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We must use our mobile phones, and not be used by them.

Without the introduction of Mobile Phones, we would be using the smoke to communicate like the Indians used to do, Mobile Phones has been a great advantage to the human society.

To me sadly Mobile Phone turns people to be lazy. but not all people. kids now in days are more fun playing in games on mobile phones. in my days people get out and play at the park, street and etc. socializing with other kids...

It helped a lot, it connected us to the world wherever we are. But somehow it disconnected it to those who are really close to us like our family, friends and many more.

The introduction of mobile phones is one of the greatest successes in the world, it is helpful in every way, and makes it easier to communicate and seek information, at least almost all humans use it only primitive people who do not use this, because they are very left behind from modern times

I think we all agree that mobile phones is a boon in this world. It has a lot of benefits that can give to us since mobile phones started. It makes our lives easy in terms of communication. Aside from communication it is also a tool for being aware in our surroundings. To fetch up news not just in our country but to the whole world as well.

Yes it is a boon because everything now can be done through our mobile phone.  It is not just for texting and calling or the simple ways of communicating, but it does what computers can do.  Almost everything can be done with our mobile phones nowadays and its abilities is limitless. Mobile phones are now considered as a necessity just like food, clothing, and shelter.   It is really sad and you will panicked if you left your phone or worst lost it.  Because everything is in there including our bank accounts.

I agree that mobile phones is boon to this modern world and very helpful to the younger generation. But it also has many disadvantages. Some of the disadvantages are it is a distraction, interruption when you are at work as it will temp you to pick the call. Also, the cost of the mobile are not same like some phones cost the same as bike or car. There will be some eye sight issues, security issues if you lose your phone as it will contain even our bank details. So if the mobile phone is used wisely i think it could be as a life saver.

You say the right phone is very useful for us. It gives us many advantages in communication. Smartphones like iphone, samsum, htc ... can help you send mail, store data, locate, face, zalo. Life today is hard if we do not have a phone.

Despite its many conveniences, I think that it is an overall bane.
Social interactions have been stifled by the use of smartphones, and this negative aspect is magnified for kids/teens who should be developing their social skills.
The convenience of having so much information at one's fingertips would also decrease the exercising of memory capacities.

I think introduction of mobile phones is more of a boon to the society than a bane. It has made so many things possible. The world is actually just a click away. And not only that there are so many things which thid simple electronic device can do. You can record memories, relieve tension by listening to music and so many other things.