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

Nowadays, sending
text
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a text
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is more common in many individuals than talking on
phone
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. There are multiple causes behind
this
: like it is
time saving
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and
cost effective
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cost-effective
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. It will be discussed in the following paragraphs. I believe that texting
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have
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more benefits than harms. Life is running
on
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a very fast pace, today. Everyone is busy in their life. But, gadgets have
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people
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life
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easier by providing them with different forms of communication. Most
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the
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humans, prefer to
contact
their family, friends or colleagues by texting them. As
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it is convenient and
above all
it is
time saving
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. To elaborate, in any meeting or any class, one can easily
contact
other
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others
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or reply by sending them
message
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messages
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rather than
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on
phone
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call, which is
time consuming
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and can be disturbing for others.
Furthermore
, texts do not cost much, people can send multiple messages to their sender in the same amount as they spend on one call.
For example
, in certain jobs you have to
contact
thousands of people,
therefore
you cannot call everyone and update them separately. In that case,
to send
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forwarding
message
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messages
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is a wise option, which not only
save
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time
,
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but
save
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money as well.
However
,
call
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the call
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is necessary in certain situations like in
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an emergency
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,
it
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so it
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is better to
contact
directly
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you directly
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by call.
Similarly
, important discussions should
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on call which may create misunderstanding on chat. In conclusion, calls and texts both have advantages, but
its
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weight
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more toward text as it is cheap and it save
time
.
Though
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,
call
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is
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significant during serious
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and during essential dialogues among professionals.
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