DISADVANTAGES OF SMARTPHONES
Psychological effects
Waste time
Addiction
Security issues
A distraction
Become antisocial
Phones can be expensive or exorbitant
Causes health problems
Watching YouTube or playing online games causes one tends to neglect responsibilities like studying and doing house chores
eyesight deteriorate due to radioactive rays
sleep deprivation
neck problems
time for exercise is replaced with time on the phones and may causes brain tumours
We tend to store many important personal information in our phone
Increased road accidents
Teens are more prone to suffer from depression and anxiety as they are influenced by social media in a negative way
Example: high beauty standards portrait
Happen via false and harmful posts, articles, influencers and nomophobia
Socially isolated from the real world
Lack focus
Some people cannot afford to buy a smartphone but it has become a necessity in this society
Causes it to be burden
Risky because outsiders and hackers may access them easily
There have been instances of people being badly assaulted by thieves stealing smartphones