1. Cell phones give you an option to call for help if you need it.
Before there were cell phones widely available, the only way that you could call for emergency services was from a direct landline or a car phone. That meant you would need to know where the nearest phone booth or emergency placement was in every neighborhood to ensure that you could contact the authorities when help was necessary. Now that most people own one, it is possible to call for help at any time if you have a signal available.
There are more than 5 billion people in the world today who own at least one cell phone, with many choosing to have 2+ in their possession for a variety of needs. 95% of the people in the United States own one as well. Every phone can dial the emergency line without the need to unlock the device as well. 40% of cell phone owners say that they have managed an emergency because of this technology. 2. These devices allow us to retrieve information quickly.
51% of adult cell phone owners say that they use their device to access information quickly when they need to know something right away. Over one-quarter of cell phone owners told Pew Research that they had experienced a situation in the past 30 days where they had trouble doing something because their phone was not available to them. With 77% of phones having “smart” capabilities, these devices are our cameras, alarm clocks, Internet access, watches, and device controllers all rolled into one package.
Because we have this level of information access available to us through cell phones, it allows all of us to be more productive because we’re spending less time trying to recall something or find the data through an alternative purpose.
1.
Cell
phones
give you an option to call for
help
if you
need
it.
Before
there were
cell
phones
widely
available, the
only
way that you could call for
emergency
services was from a direct landline or a car
phone
. That meant you would
need
to know where the nearest
phone
booth or
emergency
placement was in every neighborhood to ensure that you could contact the authorities when
help
was necessary.
Now
that most
people
own
one, it is possible to call for
help
at any time if you have a signal available.
There are more than 5 billion
people
in the world
today
who
own
at least one
cell
phone
, with
many
choosing to have 2+ in their possession for a variety of
needs
. 95% of the
people
in the United States
own
one
as well
. Every
phone
can dial the
emergency
line without the
need
to unlock the
device
as well
. 40% of
cell
phone
owners say that they have managed an
emergency
because of this
technology. 2. These
devices
allow
us to retrieve information
quickly
.
51% of adult
cell
phone
owners say that they
use
their
device
to access information
quickly
when they
need
to know something right away. Over one-quarter of
cell
phone
owners
told
Pew Research that they had experienced a situation in the past 30
days where
they had trouble doing something
because
their
phone
was not available to them. With 77% of
phones
having “smart” capabilities, these
devices
are our cameras, alarm clocks, Internet access,
watches
, and
device
controllers all rolled into one package.
Because
we have this level of information access available to us through
cell
phones
, it
allows
all of us to be more productive
because
we’re spending less time trying to recall something or find the data through an alternative purpose.