(Background)
In
today’s era, humans’ needs are getting higher. Their demands are increasing
from time to time. Humans need a tool that is able to fulfill their needs,
instantly, like browsing a current issue, downloading news, and getting useful
applications to make their life easier. The technology has already answered
that question. What humans need is Smartphone, because it brings numerous
advantages in their life. In contradiction, it also brings various
disadvantages in their life. Therefore, to make the readers understand about
this article, the writer will attempt the advantage’s example followed by
disadvantage’s example in a similar issue.
Discussions
Humans
always want something up-to-date (applications), current issues, like
information that can be accessed anytime and anywhere without having to buy any
paper. Through Smartphone, this kind of current information can be accessed,
instantly and immediately. From this, humans perceive many advantages by accessing
news. They know what is the current issue whether in their local area or in
another part of the world. Take for an example, people who live in Indonesia,
can easily access current occasion in their country, like corruption issues.
Indonesian people are also able to access what happens in Nepal, just by
downloading Kompas.com, Jakarta Post, New York Times, or BBC’s application
newspaper through their Smartphone. For entertainment, they can easily access
the all upcoming films trailer such as “The Fast and The Furious 7”, “The
Avenger 3”, “Cinderella”, and many more just by clicking each title on YouTube.
Furthermore, there is another advantage according to Teagno (no year), “Banking applications allow users to check their account balances and perform transfers, pay bills and, in some cases, deposit checks” (no page). This quotation shows that people do not have to go to Bank and stand in line with others just to transfer money and pay their bill anymore. They can use their Smartphone to help them to do that on time and quickly.
Nevertheless, humans also should be aware that kind of this information can be untrustworthy. We understand any information nowadays is easily accessed through Smartphone. Anyone is able to post their thought through Smartphone. However, the information that can be accessed and posted sometimes cannot be verified whether it is a fact or merely an opinion. Smartphone also has not provided an application which can verify whether the news’ application untrustworthy or not. For instance, a few days ago there was news from a social media that Paul Walker’s ghost was standing next to Vin Diesel, but after we looked closely into it and tried to verify it, it was only a hoax (untrustworthy news), and that news was made by Paul Walker’s fan. From this kind of example, we are able to notice that not all information is untrustworthy. Humans should be smart enough to know how to use Smartphone wisely; and how to differentiate whether the news is a fact or only an opinion.
Furthermore, there is another advantage according to Teagno (no year), “Banking applications allow users to check their account balances and perform transfers, pay bills and, in some cases, deposit checks” (no page). This quotation shows that people do not have to go to Bank and stand in line with others just to transfer money and pay their bill anymore. They can use their Smartphone to help them to do that on time and quickly.
Nevertheless, humans also should be aware that kind of this information can be untrustworthy. We understand any information nowadays is easily accessed through Smartphone. Anyone is able to post their thought through Smartphone. However, the information that can be accessed and posted sometimes cannot be verified whether it is a fact or merely an opinion. Smartphone also has not provided an application which can verify whether the news’ application untrustworthy or not. For instance, a few days ago there was news from a social media that Paul Walker’s ghost was standing next to Vin Diesel, but after we looked closely into it and tried to verify it, it was only a hoax (untrustworthy news), and that news was made by Paul Walker’s fan. From this kind of example, we are able to notice that not all information is untrustworthy. Humans should be smart enough to know how to use Smartphone wisely; and how to differentiate whether the news is a fact or only an opinion.
Furthermore,
humans like to use Smartphone because by using it, they can communicate with
their relatives or other people from another part of the world, easily. There
is no boundary when you use Smartphone as a tool to have a conversation with
others. For instances, you can comment, upload a photograph, or send a voice
mail message through many applications that your Smartphone has. It makes you
feel closer to your relatives who are living in another area. The application
inside the Smartphone also helps us to have a conversation with other people
from another part of the world. For example, the writer is joining a social
media group which has lots of members from another part of the world, like
Egypt, America, China, Syria, Pakistan, Japan, and many more. Through that
social media, we are able to practice English speaking more, and enhance our
speaking skill more fluently. We are able to share our opinions toward current
issues, toward our country, what happens in our country, and lots of things.
Smartphone helps us a lot in reaching a far distant to make it even closer.
On
the other hand, Smartphone also gives a bad impact in our socialization live. Some
people prefer to have a conversation with their relatives or friends rather
than to see them face to face. For instance, we have a relative who live in the
same place, and they celebrate her or his graduation. The relatives prefer to
call or send a message to the one who celebrates the party rather than comes to
their relative’s house, and congratulate him or her. The other occasion, when
there is a family gathering in a restaurant, some family’s members prefer to
face their Smartphone rather than to have a real conversation with other family
members. This situation is kind of pathetic. It seems that humans cannot
differentiate anymore regarding the use of Smartphone in socialization live,
and make everything is on the same page.
Particularly,
Smartphone also gives us a benefit in learning other languages. We do not have
to carry heavy books or dictionaries if we want to read or learn about them. We
can download bunch of languages’ dictionaries applications or online books through
Smartphone. This statement is also supported by Pasfield (2013), these kind of
dictionaries or online books, “Allows you to cut and paste from a text you are
reading …” (no page). From this statement, we are able to conclude that we do
not have to look up every word that we do not know to translate a text. We can
use an application which help us to translate the text easily.
Moreover,
we do not have to pay for each dictionary or book that we are downloaded, all
are free. This kind of online dictionary or books helps us in learning other
languages either. We can download any languages application from our Smartphone.
This makes humans’ easy to get a better knowledge in another language without
having to buy books that are heavy and quite expensive.
However,
not all online dictionaries or books are comprehensive. Some of them are
incomplete because they are free dictionaries. If we want to make those
dictionaries complete like the book one, we should pay more, and it costs quite
expensive. This case also happens when you can download online books, not all
of the application provides the books that you want to read, some of the books
should be bought by you.
Additionally,
some online dictionaries or online books are untrustworthy; or some of the
words that we are looking for do not appear; or even the translation does not synchronize.
The real dictionary is still being seen as the trustable one, like Oxford or
Cambridge dictionary. Humans need to choose carefully and wisely on what kind
of books and/or dictionaries application that they want to download. If they do
not, they may get useless application which will only make their Smartphone
lag.
Conclusion
In
general, humans live is getting easier from time to time, they have Smartphone
that can help them to do anything they want, anytime and anywhere. However,
humans have to be smart enough to use the Smartphone wisely, because if they
cannot, it seems that they are being colonized by a technology, and it is ironic.
References
Teagno,
Leeann (no year). Science Opposing View: Advantages and Disadvantages of
Smartphone (no page). Posted to http://science.opposingviews.com/advantages-disadvantages-smartphones-1036.html
Pasfield,
Sarah (2013, July 3). MONASH University: Online (and Apps), Paper, or
Electronic Dictionaries? (no page). Posted to http://profiles.arts.monash.edu.au/sarah-pasfield-neofitou/dictionaries-and-apps-site-updated/
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