Dumbphones: The Have Nots
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DumbphonesThe Have Nots
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By Christmas of 2011, 1 in 2
Americans will own a smartphone
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That means half of us may be
feeling left out
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With so many people getting smartphones, why would you not get
one?
Data plans are expensive
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A 500MB data plan on Rogers may cost you an extra $25 a month
To some, 3G internet access is essential
Unfortunately, this is an energy intensive
technology
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The iPhone 4 battery lasts for 6 hours using 3G
The power requirements of the technology being built into mobile
devices is growing at twice the pace of battery-capacity increases
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We may soon find that our thirst for more power will leave us offline
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72% of iPhone users have downloaded 10 or more
apps
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At an average of $5/app,
this is an extra $50 that
would not be spent
otherwise
In a joint study, it was found that 15 of 30
popular phone applications send users’ geographic location to advertisement servers
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The same study found that 7 of these 30
applications sent your unique phone identifier, your phone number, and SIM card serial number to
developers
But how well can you concentrate?
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Many students find themselves or their peers checking Facebook or playing games on their smartphones in class
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Who knows how many people are
checking Facebook at the wheel
It is clear that smartphones do not come without their
not-so-smart issues
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The next time you feel left out for not having a smartphone, remember that
sometimes that may be the smarter option
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Works Cited• http://www.pcworld.com/article/228189/why_your_smartphone_battery_sucks.html• http://gigaom.com/2010/03/26/1-in-2-americans-will-have-a-smartphone-by-christmas-
2011/• http://www.rogers.com/web/Rogers.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=WLRS_Plans• http://omnego.com/mobile-research/115
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