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In today’s world many people own a smartphone. Do you think the advantages of owning a smartphone outweigh the disadvantages?

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There is a high proportion of
people
 possess a smartphone, which is thought to have more benefits than drawbacks. The writer agrees with
this
 opinion as smartphones bring everyone closer regardless of distance,
simplify
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 email-checking and even banking, despite the risk of internet fraud. Undeniably, the escalating proliferation of smartphones all over the world never seemed to stop for the
last
 2 decades, especially after the release of
iPhone
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the iPhone
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 3G in 2007.
This
 new product remarkably sets up the new era of technology at that time, thereby
promoting
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encouraging
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 software developers to create more and more applications that are easily found
in
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on
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 any smartphone like Facebook, Messenger, and even Google Maps. These are helpful tools which
facilitates
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 texting and guide users right route to go when they set foot in unfamiliar places.
However
, some
people
 are exploiting
this
 field in order to fulfil their desires. Taking scammers as a good example,
professional
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professionals
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 in scamming
people
 who do not have much knowledge in
this
 era, stealing money digitally and indirectly.
However
,
this
 can be easily avoided by educating those
people
 by giving guidelines about morality and ways to rely on and protect themselves from the mentioned danger. In conclusion, using a cell phone offers significant upsides, from
the
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convenience to filling the communication gap between humans, which easily outweighs the drawback of the potential of fraud.

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