What a life will be like without a smartphone? Nowadays we are so used to having and using smartphones. We do not realize how much of our lives smartphones take. I, not so willingly, had to live without a smartphone for about two months. This is a shame, but I occassionally throw and break things when I get really mad. My iPhone had been the last victim. So I spent my whole vacation without a smartphone, and here is what I felt.
First of all, I could not prove myself to be a proper Korean citizen. All the Internet things and self-identification required an access to the SMS. I had to create a self-identifying document at the bank. When I lost my passwords, I had to wait until the service hours and had to call directly to the customer services. The worst was that in most cases all the self-identification methods required the use of a mobile phone in some way.
Secondly, I lost contacts to many things. I could not call my family, friends, or check KakaoTalk. I did not get the SMS from schools (which I realized later to be rather good). I had to use the phone booths which I used for the last time in the military. I could check KakaoTalk with my PC, but what made me sad was that after the long lost of connections while I was out, I did not have much to check. It came to my understanding that loss of connections was not a big deal to me. I barely had connections in the first place. A pity for me.
Since I used my smartphone mainly as an MP3 player, the loss of the smartphone meant I had to find the long-forgotten YEPP, the last remaining and working MP3 player I had. The capacity was much smaller that the phone, and I had difficulties picking the songs. Also I could not watch YouTube or news broadcasts, could not use the Internet browser, and could not do many things.
One thing I liked about being without a smartphone was the serenity. Since I had nothing ringing and vibrating inside my pocket, I could care about other things. I read books, I focused on the music, I watched people, or I just sat there doing nothing. Though I cannot tell I liked the period without a smartphone, it surely is worth trying. But don't break your stuff.
Like you, I also depend a lot on my smartphone. I need smartphone when trying to contact with others, listening to music and even checking on class materials. So I also cannot imagine a day without my smartphone. Smartphone became so crucial to me. However, I think this phenomenon made me lose a lot of things. I tend to chat less when I am with my family. Also, smartphone influenced a lot to my low eyesight. So, although it is unfortunate that you broke your smartphone, at the same time, I think living a day without a smartphone might have been a good experience to you.
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201100278 Gui Hwan Kim
ReplyDeleteI remember talking about this with you during class. I am once again surprised on how you live without a smart for phone for that long. Recently I researched the average time a Korean college student spends on his/her smartphone, and it was 4.3 hours day. I think i use about the same time too. I am very dependent on my smartphone especially for checking the time. But sometimes i wish i never had one. I like your topic and something i would like to try one day.
To Lee Jong-ho From Han Gyul Kim Assignment First draft
ReplyDelete1. What I like about this piece of writing is the topic. I think I am addicted to my smartphone, and don’t know what would happen and how would it be uncomfortable if my phone is gone. But through your writing, I now can guess what would happen.
2. Your main point seems to be that living without smartphone will cause a lot of problem to you but it is worth trying.
3. I like the second paragraph because I completely feel the same with you on it. Every internet services and self-identification things requires my phone. I have to receive the code by SMS and type it. That sort of process bothers me too much. But it is worse that without my phone, I can’t identify me as myself if I don’t go through those processes. I can feel the inconvenience that you experienced like it actually happened to me.
4. I think last paragraph need improving because there is not much information about the good point of living without smartphone. You should add more to say living without smartphone “is worth trying”.
5. To make the biggest improvement in this piece of writing, I think you should describe more about your experience on the last paragraph. To support your main point, you have to support the good points you experienced about being without your phone.
Life Without the Smartphone
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What would be the life without a smartphone? Nowadays we are so used to having and using smartphones. We do not realize how much of our lives smartphones take. I, not so willingly, had to live without a smartphone for about two months. This is a shame, but I occassionally throw and break things when I get really mad. My iPhone had been the last victim. So I spent my whole vacation without a smartphone, and here is what I felt.
First of all, I could not prove myself to be a proper Korean citizen. All the Internet things and self-identification required an access to the SMS. I had to create a self-identifying document at the bank. When I lost my passwords, I had to wait until the service hours and had to call directly to the customer services. The worst was that in most cases all the self-identification methods required the use of a mobile phone in some way.
Secondly, I lost contacts to many things. I could not call my family, friends, or check KakaoTalk. I did not get the SMS from schools (which I realized later to be rather good). I had to use the phone booths which I used for the last time in the military. I could check KakaoTalk with my PC, but what made me sad was that after the long lost of connections while I was out, I did not have much to check. It came to my understanding that loss of connections was not a big deal to me. I barely had connections in the first place. A pity for me.
Since I used my smartphone mainly as an MP3 player, the loss of the smartphone meant I had to find the long-forgotten YEPP, the last remaining and working MP3 player I had. The capacity was much smaller that the phone, and I had difficulties picking the songs. Also I could not watch YouTube or news broadcasts, could not use the Internet browser, and could not do many things.
One thing I liked about being without a smartphone was the serenity. Since I had nothing ringing and vibrating inside my pocket, I could care about other things. I read books, I focused on the music, I watched people, or I just sat there doing nothing. It enabled me to care for things that were left out of my attention.
Finally I got another smartphone. I was getting used to the life without one, but it felt necessary to have one when the fall semester began. That is the point, I think, that I felt ‘obligated’ to have a smartphone. Smartphone takes so much part of our lives, and without it, we feel isolated, unable, or even strangling. I cannot say I really liked the period without a smartphone, but I also cannot say that I hated it. It would be worth trying though. But don’t break your stuff for it.