Most adults and teenagers today own a smartphone. Smartphones are recent products of modern technological progress. Before smartphones there were cell phones which quickly gained popularity in the several years following the new millennium. Unfortunately they were extremely limited to low quality calls and texts. This was a huge milestone as far as technology goes, but within a decade these phones began to disappear to be replaced with smartphones. These new devices are usually equipped with touch screens, voice controls, SMS, calling, GPS systems, Internet connectivity and much more. Smartphones have become so popular that it's hard to go anywhere for five minutes without seeing one in someone's hand. Looking at the virtually unlimited amount of information and global connectivity created by smartphones, we can see that these devices are a crucial tool for human development on both an individual and social level in modern life, and whose use must sometimes be limited to ensure that reality is in people's eyes, not just on a screen. Smartphones have gone a long way in helping people satisfy their desire for widespread social connectivity, but in a non-traditional way. According to Sherry Turkle, “Thanks to technology, we are able to be with each other, and elsewhere, connected wherever we want to be.” He's basically saying that with our technology you can be socially connected to anyone at any time. I agree that this is true and it's important to stay in touch. Humans are social creatures who are at their best when in contact with others. Although throughout his writing The Flight from Conservation, Turkle emphasizes the fact that this social connection made possible by technology is superficial. ... middle of paper ... en if these two are different to the extent that Turkle implies, if two people are disillusioned into thinking that their bond is a real human relationship, does it matter? No, it's not like that. Turkle seems to think that a relationship has to be complicated to be real, but “cleaning it up” doesn't make it any less real. While they didn't specifically talk about smartphone use in relationships, the students in David Levy's writings had a good explanation of the problems with technology. “Others, however, believe that the problems were simply features of the new digital world and that they had to learn to live with them. I agree with this quote, the world is changing, especially in how relationships are created and maintained. Rather than being labeled as illusions, these new connections are simply the new reality due to growing popularity.