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N64

The best thing about smartphones is that you have essentially have the resources of hundreds of people at your fingertips. Need to translate a restaurant menu when your abroad but its in a language you don't understand? No problem! -  Use the google glasses app and it will translate the menu into English! Want to know when the next bus is due - use the real time information app so you won't get drenched by the rain. Want to check your bank account balance? The nearest bank is in the palm of your hand!  

I would be here all day if I was to name everything you could truly do - I know it sounds cliché but the things you can do with smartphones are nearly endless!

chris.c2010

Best Thing: Being able to keep in contact with all friends and family all over the world.

Worst Thing: Going out for a few drinks with friends and see them with their heads buried in their smartphones.

Fr_Dougal

The best thing about it is google maps and not needing to remember to bring a sat nav with me.

lotsofthegreen

it makes life easier!

coolclogher

Best thing is that you can browse the net at practically anytime

Dothehustle

its like a mini pc in my pocket .. stream, music tv  on the go 

the worst is you cant do anything embarrassing on a night out with out it being up loaded in seconds

p15574

Best thing: Being connected all the time (you can keep a finger on the pulse of your friends, the news, the world)

Worst thing: Being connected all the time (you can't resist seeing what's happening with your friends, the news, the world, not to mention seeing work emails pop up!)

Squeeonline

Having access to the sum total of the knowledge of man in my pocket.

Limited only by credit, reception, and battery life.

PN14

Best thing are the endless possibilities available with a smarthphone -- email, social media, media player, tv on the go, apps for everything you can thing off. Don't know how we managed without them.

Worst thing -- when you are out people are often happier swiping on their smartphone than actually socialising

seanmacc

Best thing: Streaming live sport while on the move.

Worst thing: Finding out your data allowence is gone after 5 minutes.

kingtiger

best thing is Whatsapp, cause its free to send pics and txts

captivo

Best thing is definitely having a camera with you all the time. Battery life I the worst.

phil1nj

The best thing about a smartphone is that it allows you to instantly capture and share key moments in your life via social media, email, voice or text messages, the choice is yours.

kunst nugget

The best thing about having a smartphone is that it got me into using facebook properly and through that I have gotten back in touch with so many friends and acquaintances that I lost contact with through the years and being able to re-ignite all those old friendships - seeing their children and meeting their husbands and wives. It's been wonderful. And swipe messaging - oh how I love thee…

Stormington

The best thing is being able to capture moments as they happen and sharing them with friends/family and the internet for posterity: whether its sharing someone's awkward incorrect predictive texts, to watching a movie of your niece screaming at the dog barking til the dog runs away in fear.

The worst thing is having to carry a charger/charge cable with you everywhere as the battery drains too fast, especially when you're sharing the funny moments with everyone else.

ExtaticFob

The best thing about owning a smart phone is how dependant I've become on them. There is no way I would go back to using a bog standard phone. smartphones just make life a little bit easier at times and can also be used in any facet possible i.e. looking up restaurants when travelling to finding what time the tide is in on a fishing trip all from the comfort of your car, train seat, kitchen table or on the toilet!

hdowney

The best thing is it is a complete package in your pocket. I have contact with people through text, call, email, social media apps. I have music in my pocket, games, news, maps, business. It's fantastic.

The worst thing is I am attached to my phone. I think I'd cry if I left it at home. I can't go five minutes without picking it up!

bren50c

Best thing is being able to email/browse the web while on the go

Batmantastic

The best thing about owning a smartphone is being able to keep updated with everything when you're on the go. You don't have to cart a laptop around with you when you go on holiday and you're also reachable through every social channel that there is

Getronicle

The best thing about owning a smartphone is that all aspects of your life become integrated. With a feature such as a camera you can easily share what you like, or simply capture something personal to keep forever.

Inspector Dhar

The best thing about having a smart phone is that you don't have to be smart to use one.  The worst thing about having a smart phone is....... you don't have to be smart to use one   (Thinking about pics uploaded to FB when they really should have been deleted....)

LostinKildare

The best thing is the immediacy --- being able to look anything up, access to entertainment where ever you are, ability to record things in the moment, or to contact someone or be contacted.

goose06

My smartphone gives me something to do when I'm in work. And if I get a better smartphone I'll be able to do more :pac:

Kevo

The best things is having your music, photos and movies with you all the time and being able to lookup something you are curious about at any time of the day. The worst thing is having to charge your phone every night.

flanders2006

The worst thing would have to be the addiction aspect of doing something on the phone. I often see couple out for a meal or in a pub and both are on their smartphones and not talking. I have to make a conscious decision to not do this when I am out with the other half as it's almost second nature to pick up the phone and check facebook or whatsapp etc.


Then there is the feeling of being lost without your phone if you leave it at home, the feeling of not being in touch with your friends via facebook or twitter.

lucast2007us

Before you write me off as a loon or, worse yet, an anti-love activist, let’s take a look at some reasons why having a smart phone is more advantageous than having a partner.

Smart Phones give straight answers – Have you ever had the misfortune of trying to extract information from a guy or girl you were seeing when they were less-than-pleased with you? Navigating a conversation with a partner scorned can be an absolute nightmare. On the other hand, when was the last time you asked Siri something and received a tongue-lashing in return? Think about it…
You can turn a Smart Phones’ volume down – Be honest, if you’ve ever had a partner at one stage or another there has been at least one point in time when you wished you have a virtual ‘mute’ button handy. Love might be lovely, but people often (conveniently) forget that with great love, comes great responsibility – drinks with his/her friends, arguments about house work, not-so-subtle engagement/wedding hints and the elongated process of picking out a birthday/anniversary/Christmas gift. Sometimes silence truly is golden and with a smart phone, it’s only one click away.
No one will ever be more eager to please than your Smart phone – Do you love flinging virtual birds and a pile of pigs all day? There’s an app for that! Do you want to know the latest football scores even when you’re stuck in a meeting? Not a problem, it’ll find those out for you! Perhaps you’d like to listen to Gangham Style on repeat all day without anyone finding out you actually like that song. Never fear, your smart phone is here!
These are just a few, specific reasons as to why your smart phone might just qualify to be your modern-day soul mate! While it’ll always be nice to experience the warm embrace of a loved one, more and more of us seem to be just as happy settling in with Facebook or even a dating app for now!

All fun and frivolity aside, while it remains undeniable that we’re all inevitably going to remain on the hunt for Mr or Mrs right, us singles can take a solace in the fact that it’s never been more awesome, advantageous – or socially acceptable – to be a single, fun-loving, technology-embracing geek!

Terry1985

The best thing about smart phones is how they are increasingly enabling people to control devices remotely,  like Climote, set top recording devices, security cameras etc.

Liam90

The best thing is being able capture and share straight away the special things that happen in your life. Even if your Mum is on the other side of the world you can instantly show her a picture of her first grandchild.

The worst thing is having to wait to share these moments.

fionamb83

The best thing: Having all your social media, email, news and contacts at your fingertips.
The worst thing: Having all your social media, email, news and contacts at your fingertips.

Mr.Triffid

The best thing, being able to view movies on my smartphone
The worst thing not having a big enough screen like a Samsung  Galaxy S4 or a HTC One to view the movies more clearly.