“ZZZZZZZZZZZ. ZZZZZZZZZ.” The phone vibrates Mandy’s pocket as she receives a text message on her new Apple iPhone6. She pulled it out with great caution like her life was in the palms of her hands. Little did Mandy know, that one little bow of metal and wires would change her life forever. Phones change lives daily. Cell phones change lives all the time by expanding knowledge, and by making people non-social.

Those tiny little boxes change lives by making people who can work them more knowledgeable. For example, American high school teenagers use their phones all the time in school to improve their education. Some use apps like “Quizlet” to study by making and taking quizzes. The students who use this app can also use other students quizzes from all over the United States to make themselves smarter. In addition, when the average social media users, a mom, teenager, or grandpa, are on social media sites, they can learn about news, or just people. Apps like “Facebook” help people stay in touch. The users can read statuses about how Jill just got a new shirt, or a man in Gregg county went missing. These are both examples on how people change their lives and become more knowledgeable every day with cell phones.

In a different perspective, cell phones can make a user non-social in person. For example, they can create awkward situations when the user is offline. Imagine a teenage girl texting someone she liked, and then they met in person. The situation would probably be awkward because online, they can use “emojis” and slang like “lol.” They would actually have to talk and that can cause awkward situations. In addition, cell phones can make people nonsocial by making themselves conscious. Users see ads with models that have perfectly tanned, toned bodies with the clothes that complement them perfectly. Oh yea, you can’t forget the flowing, silk-like hair. Some users think of themselves badly because they do not have all of what the models have.Overall, cell phones change people by making them non-social.

Therefore, those little boxes in everyone’s pockets that vibrate change lives constantly. These boxes, cell phones, change people by expanding knowledge and by making people non-social.