Another Addiction Called iPhones

Addiction is used to describe a situation whereby an individual has serious attachment to an object or a substance. The persons involved in this act are called addicts. Some persons are addicted to alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, adult movies, internet, music and committing crimes. This is very evident when you hear them attach so much importance to the aforementioned and boldly tell you that their life revolves around them.

There is a new entry to this list called iPhone addiction and this is excruciatingly making waves especially within the university communities.

Lecture is going on, Asamoh Juan (not real name) is busy typing something on her iPhone, and in a cab she is busy with it and even while walking in her street. The phone practically takes 96 per cent of her attention, she flaunts it to whoever that cares to look at it.

This generalizes the rate at which most students, particularly the female ones are addicted to this phone.

Like forex trade once perceived to be a business for the suits and ties which suddenly crashed into the public domain like an unexpected wind such that every Dick, Tom and Harriet now wants to be a forex trader, iPhones used to be for the crème de la crème of our society and for corporate organizations. It was a substitute for laptops and so most people outside this class paid little or no attention to it.

However, things have changed rapidly over the past one year such that it is considered obsolescence using other phones other than iPhones and the likes.

 “The spirit of iPhones is seriously eating up many of our ladies on campus and because all of them want you to believe that they belonged to the high and mighty the craze would keep raging,” Chukwuma Bancs, a Nigerian student submitted.

Some of the users of this phone shared their opinion with me.

In the words of Nsikak Jenifer of the department of Biochemistry, UNN: “My parents bought me one and the reason why I asked for it is so that I could use it to access the internet where ever I am. This is my second; I lost my first to criminals.”

There is also a school of thought which believes that the reason for the crave is because of pride: “Some of 

these phones cost as much as N 100,000 and that, to me, is too much for a student to spend on just a phone.” Said James Collins, a pedestrian.

“Some students that flaunt this phone are from humble homes, believe me, but because they want to look like their cliques you see them go beyond boundaries to get them.” He continued.

He further stated that:  “iPhones are good phones no doubt, at least for the special functions they come with but it should be used wisely and students should not indulge in risky behaviors simply because they want to get one.”

Mr. Ndubuisi, a non-academic staff of Abia State University admonished students thus: “Live within your reach, instead of buying a phone as much as N 80, 000 you could invest it in shares and other profiting ventures and by the time you have graduated from the university you could independently start up something useful.” 

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