Importance of smartphones in our life

With the headway in technology, smartphones have become very common. Smartphones are a handheld system with an operating system capable of performing functions similar to a personal computer. Most of the smartphones today have a touchscreen user interface. The first smartphone was fabricated by IBM. It was named as Simon. It was just like a stocky black box. It was available on sale for the public on 16^th August 1994. At that time it was very expensive at a price of $899. It was a touchscreen handheld device. In addition to the calling facility, the Simon was able to send and receive emails, fax and cellular pages. Today, there has been a tremendous increase in the features of smartphones. There are many companies which are involved in the manufacturing of smartphones. Today, smartphones are owned by most of the people. They are easily affordable by most of the population. Now everyone is so much reliant on smartphones that all of their work is put to an end in the absence of their smartphones. Smartphones have created a very important place in our lives. Now we cannot even imagine what our world would be without them.

Smartphones are now Another Name for Entertainment
Smartphones are a marvellous source of entertainment. A person can never get bored if they have a smartphone in their hand. Smartphones have so many apps for music, videos and gaming. You can listen to your favourite music anytime at any place. You can download new songs from the internet. The same applies to videos also. You can also share them with your friends. While waiting in long queues or travelling alone, your smartphone will never let you feel apathy. It has so many things for your entertainment.

The smartphone can be used for Locating a Place
We do not require paper maps any more when we have Google maps right in our hand in our smartphone. If you want to go from one place to another, Google maps will give you all the directions. It will give you an approximate idea of the distance and time it will take to go there. Whether you want to go by car or on foot, Google maps will give you all the possible ways and directions. Even if you want to use public transport, it will help you by providing you with the schedules of all the public transport available which can take you to your destination along with the fair. If you want to find out the nearest restaurants, malls, saloons, petrol pumps, Google maps can even help you with this also. This use of Google maps is possible only when you have a smartphone.

Smartphones can be Your E-Library
The time is gone when you had to carry really hefty books with you in order to read them. You needed to get them issued from the library or purchase it from a bookstore. Then you required a proper place to keep them and you had to take a good care of them so they do not get torn off. But now, with your smartphone, you can download any number of books on your phone. They are in the form of e-books or more precisely m-books. There are many free books and some are paid. They also come with a free sample. If you are satisfied with the sample then you can purchase the whole book. You need not worry about taking care of the books or think about where to keep them. You can delete them when you have read it.

Smartphone are Good help for Vocabulary Building and Language Skills
Smartphones can be loaded with many apps which are beneficial for your language skills and vocabulary. You can load your phone with a dictionary and a thesaurus. Wherever you go, you will have a dictionary in your pocket. New words can hit you anywhere you go. You may come across hoardings, signboards, advertisements, notices which fill your mind with many new words. You can always look for them in your dictionary. If you do not want to install a dictionary you can always Google the new words. You may download a vocabulary app which will give you new words and phrases to learn.

The smartphone is not less than a Translator
Just imagine you go to a country like Japan from India and get stuck on the way and you have no idea where to go. To escape this problem, you will try to talk to the local people or some taxi driver, but the problem is language. Neither you will understand their language nor will they understand your language. In this case, your smartphone can be your lifesaver. You may use the GPS to get out from there or you can take help of a translator installed in your smartphone and understand what the person in front of you is saying or convert your language into theirs.

Smartphones offer the Facility of Booking Tickets
Today, most of the people prefer e-booking. Most airlines or hotels offer the facility of online booking of the tickets. Even the railway tickets or movie tickets can now be booked online. And the good thing about this is that you do not need your laptop or computer for this. Your smartphone will do the task. You can buy online tickets by downloading an app or by visiting their website. Now you do not have to wait in long queues to buy a ticket just one click your smartphone is enough for this.

Smartphones are not less than a Newsroom
To be updated with the news you do not need to carry a newspaper with you or sit in front of the television to watch news channels. A single news application installed on your phone can tell you what all is happening in the world. From the smallest to the biggest, all the news will be available to you as fast as possible. The big brands of the newspapers have their mobile apps which can be downloaded in your phone, that too free of cost.

Smartphones keep you Social
To be social does not require you to go out with your friends every day or call them every two hours. You just need to stay in touch with them. This can be done by social networking sites or apps. Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Wechat, Viber, Snapchat and the list continues. Just download them in your smartphone and hang around your friends over the internet. Chat with them free of cost. You can also do a voice call or a video call with them without paying a single penny. Share your photos with them. No one gets time to go and meet old friends but everyone has time to ping them and ensure them that you are still there for them. 

Smartphone are an Educational Tool for Kids
Smartphones believes in learn while pay. They offer you many apps by which your child can learn many new things while playing. Many apps are there which can help your child in recognizing alphabets, shapes, colors etc. play store in the android operating system provides apps as per the age of your child which will teach many new things in a playful way.

Smartphones can provide You Security
Smartphones can provide you security whenever you are alone. Smartphones offers you an app which on double clicking the power button of your phone will send you location to your contacts which you feed in the app. If you are in trouble and you cannot make a call this app will be very beneficial for you. Moreover, if you are not able to use this app, even then your location can be tracked using GPS.

Smartphone are your shopping cart

These days, mobile shopping is the new trend. Most of the people do not prefer to go out for shopping but use mobile apps for shopping. Websites like flipkart, amazon, ebay, snapdeal, jabongetc offers mobile apps. According to statistics, more user users buy from mobile apps than from websites. Websites like flipkart will be available only in the mobile app in the coming few years. Shopping from mobile apps gives you an extra discount on selected items that is why it is more preferred. Smartphones are accessible mostly by all this makes mobile app users more common.

Smartphones are Awesome for Photographs
You do not need to carry bulky DSLRs with you to click photographs. Your smartphone is not less than a professional camera. These days’ smartphones are available with excellent camera quality. They offer you such features and effects which are not possible even in a professional camera. You can make videos in your smartphones. You can even edit these pictures in your smartphones itself. So if you have a smartphone, no need to buy a camera.

Smartphones become your Status Symbol
Smartphones have become a status symbol. You can also buy a simple phone which allows you to make and receive a call or send messages but smartphones are most preferred. Everybody looks at your phone first and then makes an idea about your lifestyle and status in the society. If you carry an expensive phone most of the people around you will think that you are very rich and belong to a high society family.

Conclusion
Gone are those days in which carrying a cellphone with you was a very big thing. Now, even a small child has a personal phone.   Carrying a smartphone nowadays is not a big deal. You may find someone younger than you carrying a better phone than you. IPhones have become toys for small kids. But these smartphones has so many features which are very useful. They are just like mini laptops in your pockets. A smartphone can do almost all the work a laptop can do. Smartphones can help us almost everywhere whether it is our safety, or we want to learn something, or we want to go to some place. Smartphones also connects us with our friends. Having a smartphone is a must in today’s world.