Smart Phones, Teenagers and Running
When I was growing up the one pressures of being a teenager that I am very thankful I didn’t have to deal with, unlike my teenage children who have the added pressure of not only growing up and all that that entails, but they also have to keep up with their friends and have the latest smart phone.
I clearly remember the first mobile phones that were large and basically resembled a house brick. Of course time and technology has moved on, and there is no doubt that my whole life is on my iPhone, whether I am emailing, texting or using social media. It’s all there on my mobile phone.
For teenagers today they don’t know life without their iPhone. We have all seen them walking along heads down engrossed in their phones, on snapchat or Instagram I imagine, as most teenagers usually are.
The iPhone is brilliant because everything can be done with just the touch of your finger. Although that has a downside as it makes the phone fragile and if dropped it can easily break the screen. So it’s nice to personalise your smart phone with a case that suits you, and a fantastic selection of cases can be found online at www.casehaven.com.au. There is nothing worse when a few phones are on the table and you have no idea which is yours. A case you have picked instantly identifies yours and of course it also protects your phone against damage should you drop it.
One of my wife’s hobbies is running and today the apps are all on your iPhone to gauge how well you’re doing, working out your route and of course that all important time to make sure you are always improving. It would of course be very difficult to run holding your phone and most running clothes don’t have a pocket, but I think one of the best inventions is the iPhone armband to hold your phone while running. It’s perfect and you can record all your stats and how well your running is going.
The smart phone has to be the fastest moving piece of technology ever and we rely on it so much today, and I think it’s exciting what the future will bring and what the smart phone will do next.
5 Comments
jeremy@thirstydaddy
May 11, 2017 at 2:32 am
when I was a kid it was all about who had the latest sneakers. It’s always going to be something, probably always has been something. Our job to make them realize these superficial things don’t matter. That being said, it really is amazing the things that a device that fits in our pocket is capable of. Nothing we could have ever imagined, I wonder what wonders out grandkids will grow up with
jeremy@thirstydaddy
May 11, 2017 at 2:33 am
when I was a kid it was all about who had the latest sneakers. It’s always going to be something, probably always has been something. Our job to make them realize these superficial things don’t matter. That being said, it really is amazing the things that a device that fits in our pocket is capable of. Nothing we could have ever imagined, I wonder what wonders our grandkids will grow up with
Karen, the next best thing to mummy
May 11, 2017 at 7:16 pm
I remember hearing on the radio many years ago that by the year 2000 more teenagers will have mobile phones than wrist watches, I thought it was nonsense at the time!
Sarah
May 16, 2017 at 11:13 pm
My phone recently broke and I have never realised how much vital information I had stored on it – calendars, pictures which I need to refer back to – even a clock, as I’ve been relying on a small stopwatch for the last few days – how primitive! Phones are a blessing and a curse but, realistically, we all have to jump on the smartphone bandwagon at some point.
Warren
June 30, 2018 at 11:28 am
I always remember not being allowed to use calculators in maths. Being repeatedly told ‘it’s not like you’ll have a calculator with you all the time”
Mind you school in the 70’s was a bit different to now