The ubiquitous cellphone is a necessity for most owners. The ways in which it is used are not surprising, but some of the statistics in this week’s article may be. Go to the link below and read the article. Write a reflective comment that shows you have read the article, expresses your views, and addresses my questions.
The people mentioned in the article seem to make very few calls. How many calls do you make each week? What do you do with your cellphone? A quarter of U.S. households are now wireless-only. How difficult would it be at your house to not have a landline? What sort of handset design does your cellphone have? If the way in which cellphone users are charged changes as Mr. Hesse predicts, how will your cellphone costs be affected? How many text messages do you send each month? Is the average number of text messages for American teenagers excessive? If you did not have a cellphone to send text messages, would it hinder you from bonding with your classmates?
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Aliyah Said...
Well in Jordan I don’t use my phone as much. But when I travel back to Maryland I have another phone and I use it a lot. Unlike the article I tend to call me people a lot as well so I guess about up to 20 calls. With my cell phone I only text people, and send or receive picture messages from my friends. It would be very difficult with all wireless only phones because in case of power outage and my cell phone is dead. A landline house phone is the only way I can come in contact with people. If the way cellphone users are charges I believe that the cost of it would increase. I have sent about more than 1,500 text messages in each month. Yes the average number of American teenagers who text is excessive. I believe if I didn’t have a cellphone it would someone hinder me from bonding with my classmates because cellphones are for coming in contact with other people and if I don’t have a cellphone how will I be invited to places within the last min. or suppose I don’t have internet then I have no way of knowing the plans with my classmates.
I make about 15 to 20 calls each week. I do many things with my cell phone. I can connect to the internet, so I check my e-mail, I listen to music, I watch videos, I browse the internet, I play games, and many more. It wouldn’t be that difficult to not have a landline at my house, because at home I mainly depend on my cell phone for making calls. I believe my cell phone has a touch handset. If the way in which cell phone users are charged changes as Mr. Hesse predicts cell phone costs will increase, and people would use their money in other ways. I send about a 100 text messages each month. I do believe that the average number of text messages for American teenagers is excessive. If I did not have a cell phone to send text messages, it will probably hinder me from bonding with my classmates because it is one of the primary ways which I use to come in contact with them.
-Qussai
I make around 2 to 3 calls using my cell phone. I don't do much with my cellphone because it's not an iPhone,but still I text more than call. I don't think it would be difficult at all, in fact I don't have a landline at my house in Korea. I think my phone's design is not a touch but the old button-like design. I think cellphone costs would skyrocket. I send around 50 messages. No, I do not think it is excessive because I sent 2000 messages a month back in Korea. Yes! It would definitley hinder the bonding because it is awkward to call instead of text.
Seeing as I don’t have a cell phone, IPhone or anything small communications device except for the emailing services which are very tenuous connection wise at best. I don’t really see this as a difficulty seeing as if we wanted to we could find of way of finding a balance between the landline and its wireless counterpart. I don’t really think that the amount of text messages is excessive at all I would leave that kind of judgment up to the message’s themselves to determine what is and what is not an appropriate time to text someone. I would say from personal experience or lack thereof that not having a cell might lower me in the eyes of some of some of my classmates but nonetheless I don’t at all regret my lacking the ownership of a cell phone.
For me, I have both an itouch and a phone. I use my itouch for playing games, check facebook and do all the stuff there while I use my phone only for calling and texting. On average I use my phone at least 8-16 times a week, usually I use it on week ends. If my house does not have a landline I think it would be pretty difficult because I live in a huge house and my house only has about 2-3 lan plug, so if there is a call then we have to run all over the house to pick up the phone. My phone has a 3.5g model handset. If cellphones are charged with how much data they use, that would effect most of the iphone user, but it wouldn’t effect me because I store most of my data on my itouch already, also the cellphone cost would pretty be affected in a way also the price would probably lower itself. Each month I text around 2-4 text messages because I would rather call then to waste my time texting and sending. From my point of view, comparing Korea to America, both region often text than calling, I think that the average texting number for both American teenagers and Koreans are excessive. I think that if I don’t have a cellphone, it wouldn’t hinder me from bonding with my classmates because I have both facebook and MSN, also Skype to contract my friends, if they really need me they can just call my house phone.
I make about 100 phone calls a week if not more. It would be very difficult to not have a landline in my house because we make a lot of phone calls through that, and besides, if the cell phone battery died, we would need the landline to call people. The handset design that my cell phone has is a smart phone. If the way in which cell phone users are charged changes as Mr. Hesse predicts, cell phone costs would increase dramatically, and people might not want to buy such expensive phones. Each month, I send about 70 text messages. I think that the average number of text messages for American teenagers is extremely excessive. If I did not have a cell phone to send text messages, it would hinder me from bonding with your classmates. We text excessively.
I make about 8-10 calls per week. I usually use my phone to hear my music I download on it, and I also text other people. I don’t think that it would be difficult not having a landline. My phone doesn’t have a touch screen it has buttons. If the way in which cellphone users are charged changes as Mr. Hesse predicts, the prices will increase. I send about 15 text messages in a month. I do believe that the average number of text messages for American teenagers is excessive. It wouldn’t hinder me from bonding with classmates if I don’t have cell phone because there are many other communication ways.
I actually don't make any calls in a week. I am more the kind of person that texts more than calls. Also, I usually chat with people online on MSN etc. If I call someone, it is either if it's very important, and it is not possible to regulate through sms, or if someone calls me. I use my cellphone mostly for texting. Sometimes I use the webbrowser and the integrated wifi, but I more likely do that with my iPod Touch because the whole handling is easier. Actually, it wouldn't be difficult at all if we didn't have a land line here in Jordan. All that goes through our line is some people that constantly dial the wrong number, which is then ours. But that's it. My cellphone is a Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. It is a touch screen music phone. My phone charges won't be affected because I do not surf the web with mobile Internet (GPRS, 3G etc.) because, at least here in Jordan, the prices are too high and the quality is too low. I always use a wifi connection, either at home or where I find free wifi to use. Each month I receive about 100 text messages. I think 1.500 messages is very extreme. I could not really imagine that. When comparing that to our wonderful and fast sms transportation system here in Jordan, it would actually mean that the phone would ring or beep constantly, either notifying of a delivered message or a new message in the inbox. I don't think that it would hinder me from bonding with my classmates if I didn't have a phone to send texts with. I could still use IM or Facebook to get in contact with people. Still, it would be a bit different because I would always need an Internet connection and could not just quickly write someone a message whereever I am.
I make about 10 to 12 calls a week. I mainly listen to music and make calls. I would not be too difficult not to have a landline, one of my friends doesn’t have one, and the only thing he has trouble with is ordering fast food. My cellphone’s handset design is pretty good, it fits on my face well, and I can call with two buttons, one to open the call application, and one to call. The way Mr. Hesse predicts, my cellphone costs will go up tremendously, as I use the features of my phone a lot, and don’t make many calls. I send about 100 text messages each month. I think that the average number of text messages for American teenagers is excessive. Not having a cellphone would not hinder me from bonding, yet it would make relations more difficult.
For each week I make about 2-5 calls each week just for homework and parents stuff, I don’t use my phone so often for calls. I use my cell phone for calls and text messages and not for the other functions because I have my ipod for that. It would have been very difficult to have no landline cause if I had to contact someone I couldn’t and it creates this barrier between you and the social world. My phone is a slider and it’s a pretty nice phone. It would be very dramatic the change it would also affect a lot of phone fanatics. I send about 21 texts a month for homework and for things I want to do with my friends. I think the average texts are too excessive because it is very anti-social for others. If I didn’t have a cell phone I would have a small barrier but not that tremendous.
For each week I make about 2-5 calls each week just for homework and parents stuff, I don’t use my phone so often for calls. I use my cell phone for calls and text messages and not for the other functions because I have my ipod for that. It would have been very difficult to have no landline cause if I had to contact someone I couldn’t and it creates this barrier between you and the social world. My phone is a slider and it’s a pretty nice phone. It would be very dramatic the change it would also affect a lot of phone fanatics. I send about 21 texts a month for homework and for things I want to do with my friends. I think the average texts are too excessive because it is very anti-social for others. If I didn’t have a cell phone I would have a small barrier but not that tremendous.
I make a lot of phone calls a week maybe 8 or 9. I text, call, play games, and listen to music on my phone. It won’t be difficult at all to not have a landline because, then I could take the phone everywhere in the house. My phone has a normal handset, not earphones. My cell phone cost would increase. I get about 1000 texts each month. The average number of text messages is not excessive because, we are all teens it is what we do. If I didn’t have a cell phone I might as well have no friends.
I make about 25 to 30 calls each week. I do many things with my cell phone I use the Internet, I listen to music, play games, and send messages to people. It won’t be difficult at all to not have a landline because, then I could take the phone everywhere in the house and just have a wireless connection. My cell phone has the normal handset design. If the way in which cell phone users are charged changes as Mr. Hesse predicts, my cell phone costs be affected that they will increase. I send 300 messages each month. The average number of text messages for American teenagers is excessive. If I didn’t have a cell phone to send text messages, it would hinder me form bonding with my classmates because it one of the primary sources of connection between my classmates and me.
I don't exactly how many calls I make a week, probably around like 10, 15 sometimes more, sometimes less.With my cellphone well I only text and call, because it's a really old one, since mine broke. It wouldn't be very hard since we barely ever use the landline, only to make calls to Belgium.It has a normal handset because my phone is a really basic one. If the way users charged are change the prices will increase. I really can't tell how many text message a month cause it varies too much and I actually don't have a single clue. I do believe that the average number is excessive. Yes because now you only contact with your classmates through text or facebook.
Now that I don’t have a phone I don’t make many calls. I probably make 10 -15 calls per week. I don’t have a cell phone at the moment but when I did have one I used to text message, make phone calls, and play games. It would be really hard if my house didn’t have a landline. My old cell phone had a normal handset design. If the way in which cellphone users are charged changes as Mr. Hesse predicts, the prices will increase a lot, so I hope his prediction doesn’t come true. I send a lot of text messages per month. I used to send approximately 400 text messages per month. Yes the average number of text messages for American teenagers is excessive. I don’t have a cell phone at currently and it hasn’t hindered me from bonding with my classmates.
I make as many calls a week as I need to. I call with my phone. It would not be hard to live without a land phone I don't know.I text about 20-300 times depending on the week.No.Yes it would hider me.
I don’t use my phone to make calls as much as I text. I make about 25-30 calls a week. At my house it wouldn’t be too hard to not have a landline, because we mostly use our phones. My phone has a normal handset, the numbers double up as letters. The cost of cell phones would increase by a lot, but it wouldn’t be that big of a deal because you only have to buy them once. I send a lot of text each week. I’m not sure how many exactly. Yes, the number of text American teenagers send is excessive. I don’t think it would hinder the bonding of my classmates, but it would make it a lot more difficult.
I don't use my phone that much, i barely even text. i usually just use it for alarm in the morning. I use my land line a lot, so it would be hard not to have it.My phone is just a simple phone with normal everything, at least it colored! My phone does not have email and bbm and all that stuff so it may not be as expensive each month, i might send upto 150 texts. Yes the average number of text a teenager in America sends is way too much. it wont hinder me from bonding with my classmates.
I don’t know exactly how many calls I make each week, but I do use my cellphone for making calls, maybe 15 a week or so… Well in my house we use our landline a lot so it would be quite difficult. My cellphone is a blackberry, meaning it has the qwerty keyboard; my cellphone costs would probably be a bit higher, I mean I do use my phone for a lot of emails, and instant-messaging, and things like that. I have no idea how many text-messages I send a month, but it is quite a large number, maybe about 500, but not as much as before now that I have bbm. Yes, I would say the number of text-messages for American teenagers is excessive. Honestly I would be quite lost if I didn’t have a cellphone, I use it for just about everything; so I would say, yes it might slightly hinder the bond between my classmates and I.
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