Cellular phone: Necessity or Luxury?

by: Sada Mae Cruz

Our generation today is filled with electronic devices that play a big role in our economy and daily life. Almost all of us are so fond using these high-tech devices that sometimes causes one’s addiction; one of this is the cellular phone, which is used worldwide. Cellular phone or cell phone, as we usually call it, is a portable telephone that helps to communicate easily form one place to another.

In the ratio of the world’s population, teenagers have the biggest percentage of cell phone users especially here in the Philippines. In fact, Philippines is one of the top ten (10) users in a survey and almost ninety percent (90%) of the population has this gadget. Truly, cellular phone became part of human life. The question is, is this gadget really a necessity or just simply luxury?

Human nowadays use this as a status symbol. It shows how rich you are depending on the cell phone you possess. We use this as a form of entertainment as we exchange messages with our friends. Moreover, we use this as a form of games, knowledge and communication.

Cellular phones are not just a luxury of one self. It is necessary for the business men as they use this in every single transaction. People use this to get in touch with their their love-ones abroad. It helps one another to communicate easily with a less time and effort.

Cell phone becomes a luxury if you keep on updating your mobile phone every time a new model is out in the market even if you already have one. Anything in the hand of human being can be a form of one’s selfishness. It only depends on how human use and treats this.