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

Owing to the affordability and convenience of

text

messaging, people now prefer them to making

phone

calls.

This

essay will state the reasons for

this

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an event that happens

occurrence

and

also

state that there are more benefits

to

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of

doing

this

than making calls.

To begin

with, individuals now prefer to send

text

messages because it is less expensive and more convenient.

In other words

, money spent in 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

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

text

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a text

is

that is

that it is time saving.

In other words

, less time is required to convey a

message

to the

recepient

a person who receives something

recipient

recipients

unlike over

phone

calls.

For example

, 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

across.

Nevertheless

, despite

this

advantage, the major drawback to

text

messaging is that it could be

restricting

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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

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on the other hand

whereas

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it is very difficult to hide your feelings over

phone

calls. In conclusion, people benefit from sending texts because it is

cheap

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cheaper

cheaply

and more convenient. Despite

this

, the restricting drawback of using

text

message

as a means of communication makes it less beneficial to

rmaking

the act that results in something coming to be

making

phone

calls.