Most adults and teenagers today own a smartphone. Smartphones are recent products resulting from modern technological progress. Before smartphones, there were cell phones which quickly grew in popularity in the years following the new millennium. They were unfortunately extremely limited to poor quality calls and texts. This was a milestone in technology, but within a decade these phones began to disappear and be replaced by smartphones. These new devices typically feature touchscreens, voice commands, texting, calling, GPS systems, internet connectivity and much more. Smartphones have become so popular that it's hard to go somewhere for five minutes without seeing one in someone's hand. Looking at the virtually limitless amount of information and global connectivity created by smartphones, we can see that these devices are a crucial tool in human development, both individually and socially, in modern life, and whose usage sometimes needs to be limited to ensuring that reality is in people's eyes, not just on a screen. Smartphones have gone a long way in helping people realize their desire for widespread social connectivity, but in a non-traditional way. According to Sherry Turkle, “through technology we can be with each other, but also elsewhere, connected where we want to be.” Basically, she's saying that with our technology, one can be socially connected to anyone at any time. I agree that this is true and it is important that we stay connected. Humans are social creatures who do best when connected to others. However, throughout his writing on The Flight from Conservation, Turkle emphasizes that this social connection enabled by technology is superficial. ...... middle of paper ...... en if these two are different to the extent Turkle implies, if two people are disillusioned into thinking their connection is a real human relationship, does it matter ? No, that's not the case. Turkle seems to think that a relationship has to be complicated to be real, but "cleaning them up" doesn't make them any less real. Although they didn't specifically talk about using smartphones for relationship purposes, the students in David Levy's writing had a good explanation of the issues surrounding technology. “Others thought 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 dismissed as illusions, these new connections are simply the new reality due to their growing popularity..