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

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Owing to the affordability and convenience of
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messaging, people now prefer them to making
phone
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calls.
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essay will state the reasons for
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occurence
an event that happens
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and
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state that there are more benefits
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of
doing
this
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than making calls.
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with, individuals now prefer to send
text
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messages because it is less expensive and more convenient.
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, money spent in sending messages to people is cheaper when compared with making calls.
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, an individual would rather go for the method because
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can even send lengthy messages without spending too much.
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, in Nigeria, the amount it costs to make a
one
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minute call is 3x more than what it would take a send a
text
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.
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, expressing
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's self via
text
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messaging is more convenient.
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is because
one
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can send a
message
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to someone at
anytime
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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 till he gets to a less noisy place. Admittedly, a major benefit of sending
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text
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a text
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that it is time saving.
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, less time is required to convey a
message
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to the
recepient
a person who receives something
recipient
recipients
unlike over
phone
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calls.
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, according 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
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across.
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, despite
this
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advantage, the major drawback to
text
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messaging is that it could be
restricting
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restricted
.
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, in a situation where the mobile
phone
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owner is not an English literate, he will not be able to express himself via typing.
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, a man who was just gifted a
phone
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by his child, found it difficult sending messages during an emergency situation.
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would have been avoided if he used the call option
instead
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. Another downside of
text
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messaging is that it could be used to mask
one
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's feelings. A person can easily lie about the way he feels through
text
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messaging
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on the other hand
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it is very difficult to hide your feelings over
phone
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calls. In conclusion, people benefit from sending texts because it is
cheap
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cheaper
cheaply
and more convenient. Despite
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, the restricting drawback of using
text
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message
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as a means of communication makes it less beneficial to
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the act that results in something coming to be
making
phone
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calls.
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