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 restricting.
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.Submitted by Mabel on
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