Smartphone have revolutionized communication. Even the business world has started feeling its ripples. Smartphone is not just a phone with some good features and a heavy price tag. It is a complete package. These multi-functioning tools bring a lot of benefits in a business or personal life. Like a coin has two sides, so does Smartphones, it has both advantages and disadvantages. Here are a few pros and cons listed.

pros and cons of smartphones

Pros

  • Instant info- Smartphones provide instant info to the users wherever they are and whenever they want. Users can Google anything and everything.
  • Conversation- Social networking is in these days and it is one of the best methods to stay in touch with friends and family. You can check the talk about your company, get popular when a story breaks etc. Twitter and Facebook are used like crazy these days.
  • Convenience- Remember those days before mobile phone was invented? Pay phone, phone books, encyclopedias etc. Now all these tools are embedded in one device and that is a smart phone. You need not check your phone book to dial a number just save it in your contact list on your phone and you are done. Need to search for some info just Google it. You can watch movies, check local restaurants, weather reports etc.
  • Tech Smarts-Apps available in the mobile are great. This is one of the reasons people opt for a smartphone. They are very smart and you can literally do many thing with these apps like do your office work, dine, watch movies have fun, play etc.

Cons

  • Distraction-Yes, Smartphones are a distraction. As they can be carried wherever you go they kind off distract you from your duty in class, business meeting, family get together etc. Sometimes people are even engrossed in them while driving or crossing the road.
  • Taking work Home-Computers and emails are not enough reason for working continuously round the clock, the mobile phones have added to the list. You can give no excuse for not working as you can carry your phones wherever you go and work through them.
  • Addiction-Smartphones are an addiction. It become a habit after sometime that you constantly check for a mail or a tweet or a Facebook update as you can access all these from your phone. One becomes a cell phone addict and spends many precious hours of the day lingering with the phone.

 

These are some of the pros and cons of the Smartphone usage. Find More at Technology Blog Buzz2fone.