Comments on: Can you live without your mobile phone?

By: wcw1204

wcw1204 — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:17:34 +0000

Since a phone has become multifunctional device, it has become an irreplaceable device to many people.

By: helenpitlick

helenpitlick — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:47:18 +0000

I could live without my phone, but perhaps that’s only because I don’t have a smart phone. If I used an iphone or android, I would certainly grow attached to it very quickly as a way to check email or look up information on the run. The internet has become much more valuable to people than actual conversation.

By: sharlenhu

sharlenhu — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:11:45 +0000

Guess I am at the opposite end. I can’t live without my computer with internet access and I can continue my life happily without my cell-phone. I am never into phones since I know how to use a telephone.

I prefer just enjoy my walking on the street or having a quiet moment without the distraction from my cell-phone. When I need to check emails and whatever, I turn my computer on. The funny thing is, this kind of not-into-cellphone behavior could be called “old-fashion” now.

By: Suna

Suna — Tue, 12 May 2009 05:11:55 +0000

I think it is the change from the phone being just a phone to a phone being a mobile computer that has made it particularly addicting.

Have you seen this news report? In a German survey about 84 percent of those aged 19-29 said they would rather do without their romantic partner or a car than lose their connection to the Internet. In addition, a whopping 97 percent of them could not imagine living without their mobile phones.

“German twenty-somethings prefer Internet to partner” http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE5213OS20090302

On the other hand, I do know a couple people who don’t have a cell phone. It might be interesting to do a survey on those odd cell-phoneless people to find out if there is something for which they would consider trading their romantic partner. Chocolate? Seahawks tickets? A porsche?

By: Tracey

Tracey — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:45:27 +0000

It’s scary to think the more we use our phones the less we can live without it. Especially now that I can do email on my phone it’s like i check it every 10 minutes (not that anyone mails me every 10 minutes).

By: Nicole Collins

Nicole Collins — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:07:33 +0000

Craziness. Phone theft to be on the rise in the future? My whole life is on “my precious” iPhone (I do begin to look like Gollum when found gazing at my screen).

I can’t live without my iPhone for minutes… its scary. I let it die the other day so I could give it a full charge and was feeling withdrawals.

By: gzliuzw

gzliuzw — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:20:07 +0000

Very interesting article! In modern society, we definitely can’t live without our phones because we have already got used to all those convinient functionalities provided by our cell phone and want to stay connected with the outside world.