Formal persuasive writing.

 Did you know a top cell phone user spends up to almost half their day on their smartphones rather than with other people? Mobile phones control people’s lives.

People spend too much time on their phones; they don’t know what else is going on around them. For instance, the evidence I have gathered shows that smartphone users spend up to 4 or 5 hours on their mobile. The proof shows that most people use half of their time or day on their mobiles, meaning 35 hours being wasted on your mobile device each week, also average smartphone users spend up to 3 hours and 15 minutes per day. What you will see when you are out in public is a great number of people on their cell phones rather than socializing with someone or someone they are with. Being on your mobile devices for too long can also alter your brain chemistry, and could most likely lead to depression. Maybe next time I’ll count how many people are on their mobile phones.

 We as the people depend way too much on our cell phones. We depend on our smartphones, to entertain, educate, and for work  like social media entertainers. We use things and or apps like Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, snap,  and the most used or downloaded app in the world, TIK TOK. All these platforms we use for entertainment or updates on other people’s lives. Our world has developed so much we now have a platform that delivers your food at your doorstep. Also, having to use a mobile phone for a job means more time spent on your mobile device rather than with other people. Writer Annie Dillard said. “For many of us, they spend much of our days at work; in fact, the average person will spend 90,000 hours at work over a lifetime.” You use most of your life working, meaning people who use social media as a job spend most of their lifetime on their mobile devices to make money. Depending on my device makes me think, It might as well be my parents.

 Also, with our world developing, Humans now can use mobile technology while driving, making smartphones a road safety hazard for most people. For instance,  data from the Ministry of Transport showed that there were 249 fatal and or injury-causing car crashes per 100,000 people caused by mobiles. This shows a quarter of the drivers in New Zealand  are distracted by their mobiles, causing them to lose focus on the roads they are cruising down. Also telling us how dangerous mobile devices can be while driving, or when trying to focus on two things happening at once. The thing mobiles are usually being used for today is for GPS or music, or so most people use it for the time to contact people while driving, also creating a dangerous environment for fellow passengers who ride along with you. I wouldn’t want my drive to have a conversation on the phone while I'm their passenger, would you? Things must change!

Mobile phones are taking control of a persons’ life.

 It causes too many crashes, People depend very much on mobile devices, and also people spending too much time on their devices instead of with other people.