The first smartphone was released in 1992. By then year 2020 there may be as many as 2.5 billion smartphones in the world. The use of smartphones is decreasing our collective intelligence because we are reliant on the technology and not our own minds. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Thanks to the invention of
smartphone
Suggestion
a smartphone
the smartphone
smartphones
, the world has changed inevitably. Some people think that the depending on the usage of electronic devices is harmful to mankinds' brain development and thinking ability. While there could be some disadvantages if users overuse these devices, I believed that it could benefit to society in various fields. There are several reasons for those people argued that the usage of smartphones could damage human's intelligence.
First
of all, electronic devices have direct impact to the young generation especially those kids or children who use these phone without parental guidance. Many students,
for example
, who should focus on their learning tasks, are spending too much time on entertainments from an iPhone, which the device could provide video games, movies and so on.
Secondly
, these youngsters may have the inability on thinking creatively, if they have group discussions on certain topics.
This
is because they could quickly gain the answers from the Internet with a click.
Hence
, juveniles may loss their chance to focus on their own thought.
On the other hand
, the technology of
smartphone
provides the inconvenient which improve the public's life quality hugely.
For example
, people could check all of reviews of the restaurant, which they intend to have dinner, through the information sharing application, so that they could make a better choice. Apart from that, the access of
smartphone
also provide
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also provides
the up-to-date news to the public anytime and anywhere, so that to satisfy their curiosity.
By contrast
, people, who live in the 20th century, only gain those information from newspaper, have been past many days.
Therefore
, these advantages from
smartphone
outweigh disadvantages. In conclusion,
although
the access of electronic devices could make young people spend less time on study task and damage their ability to think out of the box,
however I
Accept comma addition
however, I
believed that
smartphone
are still changing our life by fast spreading news and having plenty of information for developing our life.
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