The document discusses several ways that smartphones are affecting society negatively, including impacts on productivity, communication, social engagement, education, and health. It notes that smartphones can disrupt sleep, cause physical pain from overuse, and may encourage procrastination in students. The document concludes by stating that people should minimize smartphone use to avoid these negative effects.

1. SMART PHONES ARE AFFECTING
PRODUCTIVITY, COMMUNICATION IN THE
WORKPLACE, SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT, AND
HAVE AN EFFECT IN EDUCATION.

2.  INTRODUCTION.
 EFFECTS PRODUCTIVITY,
COMMUNICATION IN THE WORKPLACE.
 AFFECTS IN SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT.
 EFFECTS ON EDUCATION.
 STATISTICS.
 RESEARCH DONE ON SMART PHONES.
 CONCLUSION.
 REFERENCE.

3. ● Smart phones users are always updated with any
news, including to chat with friends. Pleasure that arises
when receiving e-mails, SMS’s, or messages idenfied
will lead to pleasure for the “crankberry” the term the
enthusiast Blackberry, this will lead to addition.
● Disrupt sleep, honestly the sound “Tring” will make you
curious to peek inside, quite a lot of research that
mentions the adverse effects lack of sleep starting from
the reduced work productivity, increase the number of
accidents. Many smart phone users complain of pain
in the forearm that continues into the upper arm, even
to the shoulder and neck pain

4. In general, the workplace often has lax rule on
phones usage, and people are talking
advantage by finding the latest twitter chatter,
sport scores, or e-mail updates for more
interesting than then meeting they sitting in
employee productivity is an ever evolving
challenges for employers .

5.  MySpace is especially popular with
teenagers, and this in turn has caused
some issues for their primary socializing
and the two worlds of fantasy and reality
have often collided.

6.  The number one negative effect of smart
phones on students has lead to them not
doing their own work, more and more students
are relying on the web to do the work for them
this can range from copying, pasting or even
paying them to write a paper for them.

7. Smartphone statistics has found men to spend a lot more on their Smart phones than
women. While a woman might spend $189, a man will spend$216. The above statistics
proves that men are bigger spenders than women. But the men justify their spend
thriftiness. They say they need Smart phones for their businesses. Again Smartphone
statistics shows that 48% use Smart phones to aid in their business. Among that 48%, only
about 23% has their companies paying their bills while the other 25% pay for the usage
themselves. The rest of the 52% use Smart phones for their personal use. The average
monthly plan falls to about $110. The year 2007 saw around 4.8% people using Smart
phones which grew to 9.9% in 2008. There are more men than women using Smart
phones. Around 12.2% men as against 7.8% women used Smart phones in 2008. This
number of users has grown from 2007. In 2007, statistics show, that only around 3.4%
women used Smart phones as opposed to 6.1% men. People in the age group of 25 to
34 years are the ones who use Smart phones the most - a whopping 29%. There are only
4.9% users who are 65 years and above. Smartphone users in the age group 18 to 24
years are only about 10.4%. The second major users of Smart phones are in the age
group 35 to 44 years. The older the people, the less they seem to want to use Smart
phones. People between the age group of 45 to 54 years see about 18.2% users. And
there are only about 13% users in the age group of 55 to 64 years. The sales of Smart
phones are increasing every year all around the world. A recent survey shows a 15%
increase in Smartphone sales than the previous year. While worldwide Smartphone sales
is about 12%. This percentage keeps increasing year by year. In Asia-Pacific, the sales of
mobile phones dropped but there was a 2.3% increase in Smart phones. As the Smart
phones statistic

9.  Smartphone are a negative affect on
society and it comes with health
problems.
 People should minimise the time they
spend on smart phones as it is also
effecting the way we communicate with
each other.

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