Many people nowadays spend a large part of their free time using a smartphone. What do you think are the reasons for this? Do you think this is a positive or negative development

These days huge number of individuals are spending most of their

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using a

phone

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essay, I will provide some reasons for

this

development and state my own position

toward

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this

. There are

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plenty of causes explaining smartphone addiction.

Firstly

, the improvements and advancements

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the technologies

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technologies

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field over the

last

century made free

time

’s increase possible

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humanity. After the reduction of working hours, people started to have more spare

time

since they became not as busy and overwhelmed as they were.

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is one of the key factors that made

phone

addiction more common.

Furthermore

, the impact of

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in

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modern society has been raised in the

last

two centuries. Nowadays, everyone should have a

phone

and be able to use it to study,work and communicate. All life vitally processes switched to online form and

therefore

the usage of phones has significantly

grew

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. From the point of my personal view, I strongly believe that

this

development is harmful to individuals and

whole

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society as well.

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reason why I consider

this

trend

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negative consequences is that it is scientifically proven that

phone

usage can lead to a list of diseases.

For instance

, recent research conducted by WHO ( World Health Organization ) has revealed that using a smartphone more than 2 hours per day causes glaucoma, weight gain and even brain cancer.

Moreover

, I think that people can spend their

time

for

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other beneficial activities

such

as learning new skills rather

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their invaluable

time

on phones.

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annual

time

spent on a

phone

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2177,83

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hours,

instead

of searching

a

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web during

this

time

individuals could learn a new language

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. In conclusion, there

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lot of reasons explaining

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usage of

phone

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among humans and I believe that

this

does not have any benefits for humanity.