The digital landscape has put increased pressure on teenagers today, and we feel it. There are so many social media channels: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Tumblr, you name it. I made a conscious decision to avoid Snapchat and Instagram because of the social pressure I saw them putting on my 14-year-old little sister. If my mum turned off the WiFi at 11pm, my sister would beg me to turn my phone into a hotspot. She always needed to load her Snapchat stories one more time, or to reply to a message that had come in two minutes ago because she didn’t want her friend to feel ignored. If I refused, saying she could respond in the morning, I’d get the “You’re ruining my social life” speech. Even as a teenager as well, I sometimes find this craze a little baffling.
This article above from The Guardian clearly showed a story of a 14 year old girl being attached to social media. The article even showed that she would go to desperate measures of using her sisters hotspot to continue using her phone past 11pm. This article is debatable and does show social attachment to an extent. It also supports the stereotype that teenagers are obsessed with social media and online sites such as Instagram and Twitter.
iPhone 6s?
I don’t need a new phone. My 11 month old IPHONE 6 Plus works perfectly fine, easily getting me through a day’s worth of work without any issues. The camera is the best I’ve ever had on a phone. The battery life is still amazing, usually ending up with about 20 percent left after about 16 hours off the charger. But none of that stopped me from buying an iPhone 6S Plus last week.
Now, I didn’t buy it because of new features like 3D Touch (meh), the additional RAM (finally), or even the 12MP camera (likely amazing). I bought it because Apple made a version in rose gold. Ninety-eight percent of the reason why I bought the iPhone 6S Plus was the colour. (The other two percent is because I have an incessant need to own new gadgets partially because I’m a journalist that covers technology and partially for reasons only a psychologist could explain, but seeing one would take away from MY TABLET budget.
This article shows the power that Apple has when releasing new products such as this one. This article explains how a lady bought the 6s even though she had a 6 that was functioning well all because of the colour. This shows the power that Apple have because such a tiny new feature is able to give them extreme overall profit.
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