Telecommunications Transit

Call or Text, what do you do and why?  Calling and texting have deep roots in human history, even before phones were created. You see the nature of calling is simply just talking, as for texting it’s sending a letter. The calling and texting that we’ve created are just these new ways to have instantaneous connection over vast distances. But with how the form of how we communicate changes, the way they’re used also changes throughout time, and yes, our lives as well.

Phones, they’ve existed for hundreds of and throughout that time they served just one purpose, calling people. Throughout the years they changed form and got other features such as texting, but they never lost the idea of keeping people connected. Connection to family, to friends, and colleagues, this is strengthened by calling. It allows people to communicate over vast distances to keep in touch so they can have somebody who cares to talk to if they’re having trouble, be informed if there’s an emergency, and so much more. However it doesn’t come without its own downsides as well, one such example of this is the cost. Nowadays people have to pay even more money to buy a phone due to the auxiliary features, driving the price up for those who just want it for the calling feature.

But what exactly is good about calling, and alternatively what’s bad? Well for one you can talk instantaneously over vast distances. And honestly that’s all you need as waiting till you see them again when you may not know where they are is quite inconvenient. And even if distances aren’t vast, if there’s something in the way of two people that make it hard to hear the other, a phone can solve that problem. Now it’s true that it doesn’t come without deficits, it costs money to buy a phone and call others, calling is dependent on cell service, and you may say something that comes across wrong or is heard by someone who shouldn’t have heard that said without your knowledge.

So what about an alternative to calling, texting? Well it suffers from  similar things, it costs money to buy a phone and text others, texting is dependent on cell service, and it’s dependent on having the same app. But it also has its plus side as well, you can send images, you can review your words before they’re sent, and it’s not affected by what may be happening near you as sound would while on a call.

Ultimately they have similar downsides but what makes the better differs,  as such whether you use calling or texting depends entirely on what you wish to do. As such each medium should never fall more out of favor than the other. Well unless one gets particularly more expensive that is.

“samsung phone” by Sean MacEntee is licensed under CC BY 2.0.