Cheshire Teen Questions Cost of Smart Phones

This blog was written by student Matt Stayner:

Smart phones such as the iPhone or the Droid are very common these days. But are they worth what people pay for them? I don’t think that they are. Anywhere you go you can find an advertisement for a smart phone or someone bragging about theirs to their friends. I have to wonder though, do these people have them because they need them or because they want to be more popular or were tricked into buying them by flashy commercials.

To answer this question further I asked my friend Nick who has an iPhone. He says that he asked his parents for an iPhone “partially because I thought they were cool and it would make me more popular and partially because my phone recently broke and I needed a new one anyway”. I have to agree.

There are also good things about having a smart phone. Thanks to the built-in wireless Internet capabilities, you can check your bank balance, pay bills, or answer emails away from your computer. Keeping in touch with friends and family is much easier if you can just shoot them a text. The ability to update your social networking accounts is also huge because it lets people tweet or Facebook anywhere, which really helps people stay in touch.

So in conclusion I think that Smart Phones may or may not be worth the money depending on your situation. If you are a kid just trying to fit in then it would probably not be the best time to buy a smart phone. But if you are a person who needs to be able to check their email on the go or have easy access to a GPS, then a smart phone might be the right choice.