House phone v. Cell phone

Before the days of the cell phones, and instant communication, there were only house phones. Meaning if you stepped outside, went shopping, went to work, went out of town, or did anything outside your home you seemed to be disconnected. During my lifetime, phones have gone from spin dials, to call waiting, to answer machines, and even LCD screens with caller ids. There is no denying their quick and sudden technical advancements. But it seems that even with the phones updating their technology almost yearly, they have been outdated by cell phones and their portable accessibility.

Cell phones provide all the amenities of the house phones, plus the accessibility of taking it on the go. Cell phones seem to have followed nearly the same path that house phones. Starting with phones as big and as heavy as a bricks with the most basic buttons adding incredible advancements in the blink of an eye. Cell phones added the similar additions as house phones, like caller id but also added a portable phone book which was a great asset for anyone. House phones have not (to my knowledge) added a complete phone book comparable to a cell phone. Although house phones did add speed dial which would allow the user to save a phone number to a certain number it limits the user to saving only nine numbers.

Even the most basic cell phone today can outweigh a house phone in regards to all the additional specifications it offers the users. A cell phone is much more than a cell phone providing instant assistance with a calendar or calculator. The more advanced cell phones allow internet access in any location, instant messaging, instant email updates and many more advancements that a house phone can not.

It seems cost inefficient to maintain a monthly cell phone bill as well as a house phone bill. Essentially a cell phone and a house phone provide the same basic service of a phone line to be able to make and receive calls. A cell phone can be carried to any location and making a person as available to the phone calls as they wish to be. A simple "sound off" or "silent" option allows the user to ignore the call wherever they are. The cell phone has innumerable additional applications for the user's convenience. It would just not make sense for the a person to maintain a house phone with only minimal applications, and also maintain a cell phone. Therefore, when choosing between a house phone and a cell phone, there is no question that the cell phones offer things and applications that a house phone will never be able to accomplish. A house phone will not ever be able to travel with the user, because of the very nature of the invention.

It is clear that in this selection the high tech version is the winner. If you choose to maintain a house phone you will most likely have to have a cell phone anyways, and that would be an unnecessary bill to pay. Make the cost friendly choice for yourself and buy a cell phone, and use it as your house phone as well. A phone limited to use in the house is officially outdated!!