Advantages of Owning a Cell Phone
1.Free Long Distance The majority of cell phone minute plans include domestic long distance free. This is extremely helpful if you frequently call friends or family members out of state, or if you live in an area where several people have moved to and kept their old area code. If you were to call any of these people on a landline phone, you would pay per-minute rates for long distance. By calling out of your area code on your cell phone, your minutes are deducted from your plan allowance and the long distance portion is free.
2.Ability to Keep Your Area Code When You Move If you are planning to move out of your area, you can take your cell phone number with you. This is a benefit if you are moving away from family or friends. By keeping your old area code on your cell phone, family and friends can call you from their landline phones without having to pay a long distance charge.
Disadvantages to using mobile phone
1.Added Costs Cell phones cost money. First, you will have to purchase a cell phone. While you may find a free phone option with your new wireless plan, smartphone devices can cost as much as $400 or more. Then you will have to pay a monthly fee for service. Service plans vary and can include costs for minutes, text, data, and insurance.
2.Decrease in Privacy Every time you have your cell phone with you, it could ring and interrupt what you are doing. While it is safer to keep your phone with you when you are away from home, that also leaves you open to calls from your mother, your boss, or anyone that knows the phone number. This may lead some people to feel like they have less privacy then before.
3.Less Reliable then a Landline TelephoneCell phones work by communicating with a wireless service provider's reception towers. This means a cell phone, no matter how reliable, is not going to work everywhere unlike a landline phone, which provides service that is more reliable.