Mobile Phones- The best friend of many Australians.

As the weeks go by, I’m finding more and more of my friends are purchasing the Apple iPhone. For them, going out on the weekend consists of checking the best place to go over their iPhone, checking the tram or train timetable over their iPhone, perhaps checking the weather for that night, of course over their iPhone, having a good night, then checking the last train or tram time, over their iPhone. It seems that the mobile phone screen is turning into the dominant screen of the 21st century. A friend of mine who would take hours to reply to any sort of message, recently purchased an iPhone. And now, with the use of her new phone, messages are sent as soon as she receives them as she will always have her iPhone close by. But does society really need another screen to view the internet, watch movies and take photos with. I must admit, although I do not own an iPhone, I have come to rely on my mobile phone more than I thought I would. Without it, I feel as though I am almost lost without it, and worried that if something happens I won’t be able to get onto anybody to tell them. This comes to show that society it heavily relying too much on their mobile phones, and it is becoming the dominant screen of the 21st century.
The Office for National Statistics states 90% of people aged 15 to 34 in the United Kingdom have owned or used a mobile phone. Although, this proportion declined with age. Mobile phones are a dominating source of social media in society.
I asked my father who is a businessman, what it is like being on holidays and the costs he makes being ‘switched on’24/7. He says, that without using his mobile phone on holiday would make himself, and everyone in the workplace behind in the work. He said that twenty years ago, nobody would have contacted him as mobile phones were not as dominating as what they are now. Now, is it convenient for work members to contact him, knowing that he will have his mobile phone on him.

So, as the years pass, it seems mobile phone usage is increasing more and more. It is becoming the dominant screen of the 21st century, and will have to be replaced by something incredibly new and exciting to stop the usage. The development is now irreversible in the industry and highly impacts social and societal structure.