User:ParkerL7/New sandbox

Paragraph 1: Cellular phone devices or better known as smart phones today has changed and revolutionized distance communication and pop culture over the last few hundred years. Whether you are on a bus, in school, exercising, or at work, you are guaranteed to see at least one person on their phone. When the first few generations of cellular phone devices were released, they had linear tasks such as expecting important phone calls or to just call 911. Today smart phones allow people to talk to multiple family members at once, provide streaming services, keep track of personal finances, and many more options. As smart phones seem to be a necessity to function in society, how did they come to be?

Paragraph 2: The concept of mobile cellular phone devices came to be during the early 1900s and started first major production use when the Germans began to experiment with them on military trains. Sometime afterwards mobile cellular devices made its first huge impact on the world when militaries around the world started purchasing them or building their own during World War 2. Once World War 2 came to an end, United States engineers were developing smaller cellular devices that can connect to automobiles. When AT&T first offered Mobile Telephone Service, they offered a larger range field of communication which led to the evolution of cellular devices to the public. Today mobile cellular phone devices use cellular towers to help link cell phone users from around the world with the (5G) break through.

Paragraph 3: Smart phones today are now used for different variation of reasons instead of just emergency phone calls or just calling family members. Arguably the most popular feature, social media gives people the ability to connect to friends, post pictures of yourself for people to like your content and share your opinion about a certain subject. The next feature business, companies are now using smart phones to communicate with employees over apps and employees can complete certain tasks with just the palm of their hands. Today more retail stores and countries are converting over to mobile banking services such as Apple pay. Money can be deposited into other bank accounts, purchase stocks, or pay for items just by showing your phones barcode. Lastly people use their smart phones for different forms of entertainment such as listening to music, playing games, read online books, use different streaming services, and listening to audible books.

Paragraph 4: It has been very debatable that the significance of owning a smart phone is now the most important than ever. Smart phones today provide plenty more of services then they did back in the early 1900s, however they can be a double-edged sword. For instance, a study concluded that 40% of avid smart phones users are at high risk of brain cancer. Furthermore, the blue light from your phone can lead to a ruined sleep cycle and cause constant drowsiness for developing teenagers. Like a credit card, smart phones are not inheritably good or bad but ultimately comes down to the person holding the power. Even if cell phones were deemed bad and banned across nationwide, that one phone call can be a huge difference when saving someone's life.

Brief Description of plans: My intent moving forward is to mainly focus the evolution of mobile phones between the early 2000's to today and all the different purposes smart phones now provide.

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