{"id":2661,"date":"2011-10-12T12:56:13","date_gmt":"2011-10-12T12:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/augh_my_new_phone_hates_me\/"},"modified":"2021-05-24T05:30:16","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T05:30:16","slug":"augh_my_new_phone_hates_me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/augh-my-new-phone-hates-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Augh! My New Phone Hates Me &#8211; National Consumers League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- content_before_flip_start --><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/savvyconsumer.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/08\/hertzberg-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2038\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hertzberg-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"92\" height=\"92\" \/><\/a>By Lisa Hertzberg, LifeSmarts Program Director<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I just renewed my cell phone plan and \u201cupgraded\u201d to a smartphone. Waaaah! I miss my old phone! Friends assure me I won\u2019t miss it by tomorrow or the next day, but for now I think my new phone hates me and it might be mutual.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a sampling of the challenges I encountered on the first day:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Help, my phone went to sleep. Dropping it apparently does not wake it up.<\/li>\n<li>I can take a picture, oops\u2014that was video. Now how do I send it?<\/li>\n<li>How do I answer a call \u2013 wait, people still make calls on these things?<\/li>\n<li>How do I type on this keyboard since my fingers are thicker than toothpicks?<\/li>\n<li>What are you talking about when you say, \u201cdrag the ring?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I\u2019m guessing the typical LifeSmarts participant could give me a 10-minute tutorial that would move me miles ahead in getting acquainted with my new phone. Cell phone penetration in the US is 96%, and while it\u2019s hard to come up with numbers specifically for teen users, surveys report that at least 75% of American youth ages 10-17 have cell phones, and fully 45% of this group have smartphones which they use to text, go online, and even make the occasional phone call.<\/p>\n<p>As I fight to type in recognizable English on my new keyboard, I see a statistic online that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingcharts.com\/interactive\/cell-phones-key-to-teens-social-lives-47-can-text-with-eyes-closed-6126\/\">nearly half of teens report they can text with their eyes closed.<\/a> Wow, in my current state I find that very impressive. Less cool \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/tech\/wireless\/2010-03-07-teendriving_N.htm\">34% of teens who text admit to texting while driving,<\/a> 26% of teens with phones have been bullied by texts or phone calls, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/internet\/2009\/12\/15\/teens-and-sexting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">15% of teens have received \u201csexting\u201d messages<\/a> containing nude or nearly nude images of someone they know.<\/p>\n<p>Like all things, there are pluses and minuses to cell phone technology and it\u2019s important to understand what they are. Here\u2019s hoping I get the hang of my new phone, so that in a couple of years I can go kicking and screaming to the next technological advancement.<!-- content_before_flip_end --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lisa Hertzberg, LifeSmarts Program Director I just renewed my cell phone plan and \u201cupgraded\u201d to a smartphone. Waaaah! I miss my old phone! 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