A flipbook looking at millenials and their use, over use, of mobile phones

1. Changing
technology:
Millenials
And Mobiles
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2. http://darkscrapbook.tumblr.com
“I’d rather give up, like a
kidney, than my phone. How
did you manage before?
Carrier pigeons? Letters?” –
Cameron Kirk
Flickr: Sino Banes

3. Phones used to be utilized for just that, phoning people. No
internet or status updates or photographs to look at.
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4. Now there are 775,000 apps available for
iPhone users, 300,000 native to iPads.
Flickr: hussbo

5. With heightened accessibility and technology‟s increasing importance and
value to society an 8 year old can work a mobile phone better than
an 82 year old
Photo: Claudi Moschi

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7. „“I think that cellphones are something that teenagers can‟t live without
because we are always living in the now and technology allows us
to be constantly updated on everything that is happening” senior
Matthew Douglas said.‟
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8. It‟s said that the wealth of phone manufacturers is
due to versions.
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9. Classroom distractions
used to be note passing
and spitballs
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10. Now it’s browsing instagram or twitter for an entire class.
Mobile phones have made it much harder to pay
attention to your surroundings.
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11. With the development of the smart phone came the development of
more uses for it. It became a phone as well as an mp3, camera,
computer, and credit card all in one.
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13. Remember having to remember to bring your camera to events with
you? It is now the standard for a phones to come with a quality
camera built in.
Flickr: lauren35h

14. The Millenials have become a generation of
A friend’s instagram

15. Photography has also become less of a niche interest in teenagers, the
majority of Millenials now use photo apps such as instagram and edit them
as well.
Photo: bgr.com

16. “The whole world becomes a photo
agency at that point. More so than ever
before.”
Flickr: laurenhyssen23

17. Mobiles provide the Millenials with a constant distraction
within arms reach. Along with social media apps, phones also
became video game consoles.
Flickr: jason4phones

18. Mobile phones have changed the way
teenagers interact.
A friend’s profile picture

19. Before smartphones typically you‟d call or text someone to know what
they‟re doing, who they‟re with or where they are, now via Twitter,
Facebook and Instagram you don’t even have to ask.
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20. Computers are of lesser importance to the Millenials as before
because they can as easily surf the web on their phones.
Flickr: adamfashion12

21. “One in four
young people
say they are
“cell-mostly”
Internet users
a percentage
that increases
to about half
when the
phone is a
smartphone.”
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22. For many, mobile phones have become apart of the day’s outfit.
With thousands of available cases for purchase dressing up your phone has
become highly fashionable and makes it even more personalized.
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23. The implications that mobiles have had on the Millenials
are both good and bad, though the majority of them
bad
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24. Mobile phones have helped to keep people connected, but at what
price? Mobiles have meant that teenagers are never truly alone.
Flickr: Artsy_Fartsy247

25. They are always messaging, viewing people‟s photos and thoughts. So
that when they are alone, without their phone, they are not equipped to
deal with it and often feel depressed
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26. Mobiles have led millenials to rarely truly be focused on one
thing, their attention is split between multiple things at
nearly all times.
Photo: http://www.macalester.edu/

27. Phones and the advancement of its functions has also led to
relationship strain and hardships. Paranoia is also often caused if
you are not getting a response but see them tweet.
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28. Though the millenials are the future, and mobile phones will help
increase productivity and are extremely significant to the economy, it
is important to note the downfalls of millenial mobile
addiction and take steps to moderate mobile use.
Flickr: malankz2

29. Sources:
http://readwrite.com/2013/04/08/teenagers-
smartphones-how-theyre-changing-the-world
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/26/instagram-and-
the-new-era-of-paparazzi/?ref=technology
http://www.ctvnews.ca/more-youth-use-smartphones-to-
log-online-u-s-report-1.1193559#ixzz2Qnxqu5cd