Many people today use their phones for sending texts more than talking. What are the reasons for this? Are there more advantages than disadvantages?

In a bid to bridge the gap between communication, more innovations are being made. Nowadays, owing to its affordability and convenience people now prefer to send information via

text

messaging than

phone

calls. In my opinion, I believe that the drawback supersedes the benefits with a number of reasons.

To begin

with, individuals now prefer to send

text

messages because it is less expensive and more convenient.

In other words

, money spent on sending messages to people is cheaper when compared with making calls.

As a result

, an individual would rather go for the method because

one

can even send lengthy messages without spending too much.

For example

, in Nigeria, the amount it costs to make a

one

minute call is 3x more than what it would take a send a

text

.

Also

, expressing

one

's self via

text

messaging is more convenient.

This

is because

one

can send a

message

to someone at any time, regardless of the location of the person and get a reply. Whereas, if a call is put across to a person in a busy place, he will have no choice than to suspend the call until he gets to a less noisy place. Admittedly, a major benefit of sending a

text

is that it is time-saving.

In other words

, less time is required to convey a

message

to the recipient unlike over

phone

calls.

For example

, according to a survey carried out by the Nigerian Telecommunications, people said they preferred to send texts than make calls because it took them less time in passing the

message

across.

Nevertheless

, despite

this

advantage, the major drawback to

text

messaging is that it could be re

stricting.

Suggestion

restricted

In other words

, in a situation where the mobile

phone

owner is not an English literate, he will not be able to express himself via typing.

For example

, a man who was just gifted a

phone

by his child found it difficult sending messages during an emergency situation.

This

would have been avoided if he used the call option

instead

. Another downside of

text

messaging is that it could be used to mask

one

's feelings. A person can easily lie about the way he feels through

text

messaging whereas it is very difficult to hide your feelings over

phone

calls. In conclusion, people benefit from sending texts because it is cheaper and more convenient. Despite

this

, the restricting drawback of using

text

message

as a means of communication makes it less beneficial to making

phone

calls.