Anggraini Putri Utami
Kukuh Lolana
Prasidya Daniswara
A mobile phone, also known as a cell phone or a hand phone is a device that can make and receive telephone calls or text messages, which is used to communicate with others. Hand phone has become the new technology of today’s lifestyle. As a proof, children as young as 7 years old are already using hand phones or smart phones.
Hand phones are largely used by most of us. It has been the primary needs of our daily life. In this rapidly changing world, technology is growing and hand phones are getting cheaper. There are some kinds of cell phones like smart phones. You can save data in your phone, type your task, take and customize your picture and the most important thing is you can connect your phone with internet connection, of course with the options of your SIM card provider.
All mobile phones have a number of features in common, but manufacturers also try to differentiate their own products by implementing additional functions to make them more attractive to consumers. The common components found on all phones are; a battery, providing the power source for the phone functions; an input mechanism to allow the user to interact with the phone; the most common input mechanism is a keypad, but touch screen also found in some smartphones; basic mobile phone services to allow users to make calls and send text messages.
There are a lot of important usages we can get from hand phone. Let’s take a look at some of its positive effects. As its primary usage, of course, it is use as a way of communication. We can communicate anywhere we want as long as it has signal. For example, in Indonesia there are a lot of people working in other countries; hand phones enable them to communicate with their family, especially for people living in the countryside. Short Message System which is also known as SMS is very popular. This is because SMS is cheaper than making a call, this makes them able to communicate without spending too much expenses on credits. Multimedia Message System which is also known as MMS is very useful because we can send photos or pictures easily.
