It is becoming more and more frequent for people filling in
their home phone number on a form to simply fill in their cellphone
number. Sometimes the reason is that they are more accessible by
their cellphone than their landline, but more often it is because
they no longer have a landline active in their home.
When examining the reasons for this trend, you usually will find
that the convenience and constant availability of a cellphone is
one of the primary reasons. For someone who was a landline phone
user in the past and has now switched to cellphones only, the
financial benefit weighs in heavy as well. It isn’t necessarily
cheaper to have a cellphone than a landline phone, usually the
opposite would be true. But it is cheaper to have only one or the
other, rather than both a landline and a cellphone. That’s where
the convenience and versatility of a cellphone becomes a big draw
to the landline phone user.
When having to choose between the cost of the cellphone plan and
the cost of the landline, these are the factors that usually tilt
in favor of the cellphone: 1. Never having to miss an important
call because you weren’t at home. That is the big one of course. 2.
Being able to make a call from almost any location. This is really
just as important as number one, since it can be a life saver in an
emergency. 3. The additional features that often come with your
cellphone such as texting, camera, contact numbers saved within
your phone and, with the more expensive phones and a data package,
you can also receive your email, surf the web and the list could go
on and on.
As the younger generation begins using cellphones earlier and
earlier, it will be interesting to see what becomes of the landline
phone and who will be the typical landline phone user in the
future.
