Mobile phones: we use them especially every five minutes. Sometimes there's even no reason why we use our phones. Telephones have made our lives easier. We can now do everything on our phones, from managing our bank account, connecting with others through social media, shopping online, and the main goal: talking and texting others. However, over time, it seems that we are more dependent on our phones than independent. Cell phones have changed dramatically, going from the size of a brick to ones that now fit in the palm of our hands. Older phones had short battery life, antennas to get a better signal, bulky shape, big buttons, and were very expensive. However, thanks to advanced technology, phones now have longer battery life, no antennas, a slim shape, a touchscreen, and are worth less than $500. Another difference between phones then and now is that old phones didn't have internet to connect us to others. Nowadays phones have internet and we use it for everything now. Thanks to advances in phones, we can now manage our personal bank accounts online. However, cell phones make it easier to manage our bank accounts. If they're not careful, people can steal important information from anyone. Nowadays, it's normal to buy "wants" online, and the only way to pay for them is with a credit or debit card. We put all our personal banking information on commercial sites without thinking that someone might steal our hard-earned money. Why are we doing this? People know the consequences of putting personal information on the Internet, but they do it anyway. The downside of cell phones is that we depend on them too much. With the advancement of phones, we use social media... middle of paper ... which could cause cancer in humans. With these new findings, it shows that people have taken the use of cell phones to the extreme by still using them and affecting their own health. Cell phones have become a real addiction for people. Some wouldn't even know what to do with their lives. Some people feel strange when they don't have their phone with them, causing them to search frantically for it. Cell phones should make people more independent through their social benefits instead of making them dependent. However, with the advancement of phones, we use them more and more on a daily basis. Even six year olds are using cell phones, which is not even okay. Phones have caused people to forget how to have a normal conversation, depend on them, and put their own health at risk. Therefore, people need to stop being so dependent and more independent in their cell phone use..