Use it Love it depend on IT: Saving contacts in phones. Easy or lazy?

As the world and Singapore modernize, almost everyone has at least one handphone. The technology has become so advanced that there are so many variety of phones in the market now. When I walked on the streets of Orchard Road, I would always see businessmen or teenagers, holding one handphone in their hands, calling or texting their friends from time to time

Let me post this question to all who owns a phone, regardless colourless or coloured phone. What if one day, your handphone is spoilt, along with your Sim card, are you still able to contact your friends?

The reason why I posted that question is because this is an illustration that people are too dependent on technology nowadays. Some may say that they had another copy of the contacts in a book. However, how many people actually have another set of backup copy? Even for myself, I do not have a backup copy when my phone died on me a few days ago.
These would be some common replies when I asked teenagers do they keep a backup copy of their contacts.

A: Huh? Copying contacts out in a book? So old biang (old version)

B: it’s so troublesome. I rather ask my friends send me their numbers again.

These are some of the common replies. Even though the technology is very advanced now, handphone still have its expiry date and eventually spoilt.

No doubt, saving contacts in phone is easy and convenience. In addition, user can call his friends anywhere at any time. Saving contacts in phone brings convenience to people. However, what happened if our phones are spoilt without a warning. When the phone is spoilt, the contacts in the phone may be lost when the user sent it for repair.

At this situation, most of us would grumble that the phone bringing them so much inconvenience .However, how many exactly reflected about why the breakdown of phone brought so much problem? In the past, before handphone was invented, people lived well without handphones. Why would a handphone affect a person’s life so much? Is it because people depend too much on it or has people slowly become enslaved by the muilt-functions of a phone?

Well, I feel that people has gotten used to the multi functions of the phone and thus, making us too dependent on the phone. When the phone is spoilt, some of the people feel helpless and frustrated. Many would send the phone for repair immediately, maybe a small number find to be not a problem.

There’s a few ways to prevent losing your contacts. Here’s two ways:- Copy them out in a book.- Print them out from your phone.

It's as if the technology can sense the users' needs for phone. Why do I say so? This is because when one relies on the phone too much; the phone will break down, driving the user mad. Well, I find it pretty true when my phone suddenly breaks down just when I need to use it to do my project work.
In short, phones are tools to help people’s life, not to add trouble to life when they are spoilt. Do you find that you’re dependent on your phone?

In the next post, I’ll be posting about the sms (short messages services) of phone, the number of sms per day might be scarey that even yourself would not know it.How much u have sms today?Try counting it yourself!

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