The Role of Smartphones in Daily Life

You have to love how mobile phones evolved throughout the past few decades. They started off as these clunky, heavy bricks meant for only one thing – phone calls on the go. Today, you can use smartphones to access the internet, play games, stream videos, pay your bills, or even do your shopping!

Because of all these functions, plenty of tasks in the past that required you to move now can be accomplished while sitting on the couch. Modern smartphones provide a level of convenience that no other gadget in the past can provide.

Convenience versus Coronavirus

Convenience is the name of the game – however, the recent Coronavirus pandemic may have changed that entirely. Now, doing all these tasks by phone may just be the norm.

The year 2020 has been plagued by a global pandemic. The Coronavirus outbreak caused massive changes in society’s way of living life. People now spend more time at their homes, businesses are closed, and places such as restaurants, theaters, and even casinos are now ghost towns. What if you want to get a glimpse – a taste – of life before the virus took over? The smartphone may just have the solution for you.

Staying at Home

Your phone has access to thousands of apps, all available at the push of a button. With the help of internet connection, these apps can do anything. It can even help you during these troubled times by giving a taste of the old life.

For example, let us look at restaurant food. While it is very difficult today to dine inside restaurants (depending on your area’s restrictions), you can still enjoy their food by ordering takeout. Plenty of apps offer to take your order and deliver food right to your doorstep. With credit cards, GPS locations, and contactless delivery, a customer can get their food, pay them, and have them delivered without ever moving an inch. What is not to love about that?

Experiencing a Night Out

Movie theaters may never be the same after all the social distancing restrictions imposed in most places. However, thanks to the internet, you can watch all the latest movies and shows all from your phone. Sites such as Netflix and Hulu offer thousands of hours of footage for you to consume. While it may pale in comparison to a genuine movie theater experience, in return, you get a bit more legroom, the ability to pause anytime, and all the food you can eat.

For those who are starting to miss the thrills and chills of a casino experience, your phone also has a solution. Online casinos have grown in popularity over the decade, and with the recent Coronavirus outbreak, they may just be the future of gambling.

Unibet Casino is a fantastic example of this. Unibet provides you with all your casino cravings all from the comfort of your living room. Because it is an online casino, everything takes place at your screen. You never have to go anywhere. With Unibet, you can play games, make bets on various scenarios and matches, and win prizes without the hassle (and health hazards) of going outside.

The New Norm

The Coronavirus pandemic is still in full force. Several countries have quelled the spread of the virus, but its presence still lingers all over the world. It may be a long time (if ever) that the world returns to its normal routines. Once this is all over, will the world return to its old ways? Or will society keep relying on smartphones and never go back, making it the new norm? When one can do chores, tasks, and activities with a simple press of a button, can they willingly go back to doing it the old-fashioned way?

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Rasha writes about family, parenting, and home décor for Unfinished Man. Drawing from her experiences raising her own kids, she provides tips on creating warm, welcoming spaces. Rasha also shares home staging expertise to help transform houses into magazine-worthy dream homes.

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