Smartphones And Its Impact On South Korea

Many times our fears of what is unknown to us are often the strongest fears we hold as human beings. However, what if it was the fear of things we already know that were the most powerful and influential in our lives? In modern society, many hold within themselves a deep-seated fear of the technology that the world has become so revolved around. Additionally, it has recently become debatable whether or not this technology has become a hindrance to members of the so-called iGeneration, born between 1995 and 2012, who have grown up in a world surrounded by technology. Truly, the members of older generations, including millennials who have had themselves split off from the apparent technology obsessed generation of the youngest millennials, have expressed their concern as to whether or not these vast differences in generations have to do with the unhealthy use of technology. Among those to have analyzed this phenomenon is writer Jean M. Twenge who in her article, “Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?,” utilizes the study of a modern 13 year old girl named Athena to exemplify a plethora of determinants that technology has imposed on young people and the slow deterioration of everything from independence and social skills to a decline mental health due to technology use. Many of Twenge’s statements reveal the belief that many members of iGen are unequipped to handle adulthood and are even less happy because of the technology that has played a significant role in their lives

1) Review Apple’s supply chain for the iPhone. What differences set it apart from its competitors?

1. Two possible target markets for the Gizmo could be students and business professionals. I think the marketing strategies for each would be relational marketing because with phones you typically have two-year contracts service support. However, with students it could be more of a transactional marketing, as they may not want to keep the Gizmo as long as business professionals. If there big quantity sold the prices for the Gizmo could be marked down, however, if there were less sold than expected, the prices could be higher. The Gizmo would be convenient to these particular target markets as they would provide access to their school or business needs.

Ever since smartphones were created, they have changed teenagers’ lives entirely. The article Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? by Jean Twenge, shows the ways the invention of the smartphone has changed recent generations. The article mentions the rise in teen depression and suicide, cyberbullying, and teen safety. It also mentions the decline in our social abilities, dating, and sleep. Smartphones have had both negative and positive affects on teenagers, but the negatives significantly outweigh the positives, which points to the need to put down the smartphones, as the article suggests.

* Ability to negotiate with operators in the US may affect its development in the US. This may limit its growth in the future given that the US is the No.1 smartphone market all over the world.

For some of us, it is difficult to comprehend why our education systems have not yet made the transition to technology-based forms of teaching especially when we are in the era of technology. To others, the reasoning is clear and they support the original, dated usage of textbooks in a “traditional classroom” setting. The changes in our society are undeniable with the innovation of technology and social media. Although some authors, such as Neil Howe and Jean Twenge, argue that technology is deteriorating the minds of Millennials, technology is also providing Millennials with a way to create connections across communities.

Over the mid-year, Apple was offering a little more than half of the worldwide premium cell phones, and Samsung was offering just shy of 25%. By December 2016, those figures had developed to 70% and 17%, separately” (Richardson, 2017).

OnePlus has designed and developed a Smartphone which they call “Flagship Killer”- which is at par with the expensive high end Smartphone with a matching design. They are targeting tech enthusiasts, who care about the attributes such as performance, design of hardware and user experience. This is the segment through which you can experience an exponential growth in your brand awareness.

Cell phones originated in the United States in 1946, as a signal to an unused channel. Then, the calls got connected to an operator, which he or she would forward the call to the other party. While having a conversation, you were only allowed to talk to one person at a time. Adrian Lee (www.express.co.uk) says, “The weight of the phone used to make that call was about the same as a bag of sugar (2lb). The brick–like battery required, which allowed a talk time of just 30 minutes and took 10 hours to charge, made carting it around even more of a chore.” Technology has advanced, critically since then, a smartphone allows the person to call, text, e-mail, play games and much more. People are depending on their cell phones for everything they do, which includes using cell phones while driving. Adrian Lee (www.express.co.uk) also stated drivers ' reactions are a third slower when talking on a handheld mobile than when under the influence of alcohol. Why is using your cell phone a bad thing while driving? Cell phone usage should be limited while driving to protect their lives, prevent killing innocent lives, and avoiding issues with traffic laws.

Microsoft’s expansion of technological and economic advancements in the smartphone market has recently expanded with the launch of the Lumia 950 lately in Australia. The release came with an aim to break into the hotly contested smartphone industry and create sales through efficiently marketing their product to an audience of potential customers within Australia. This article aims to detail the population targeted to aim advertising of the Lumia 950 towards, as well as identify their common characteristics as to why they would likely choose a Microsoft phone over their highly praised competitors in Apple and Sony.

Apple’s renowned for their brilliant abiltity to cope with changes in market demand. They strictly control every aspect of the supply chain to ensure that both the distribution and supply-and-demand relationship are near perfect. They use a Make-To-Stock method of Supply Chain Management that allows customers to walk into any Apple Store and make a purchase the same day, which is coupled with an extremely low inventory level that means the system has nearly Make-To-Order characteristics. Apple uses SAP (Systems, Applications & Products in Data Processing), a German Enterprise Resource Planning software, to power the global supply chain and implement a strategy to “purchase raw material and reserve manufacturing capacity ahead of time “ [1] in order to make this possible.

At first, I was going to analyze and write about smartphones, however I found it more efficient to write also about a particular smartphone to narrow it down from such a broad technological artifact, such as answering who designed it, what for, what their position and the impact they want to have on society was, and their future visions. Therefore, I chose the iPhone as the centerpiece of smartphones I will be analyzing and an emphasis on applications. However, some of this information is relevant and interchangeable to all other smartphones. IPhones and smartphones allow us to access constant information and offer it the way we want it, as it is completely customizable now to fit our learning style. They keep us organized, send information to us in different ways, even shape and offer solutions such as for politics, economies, problems whether individual ones or globally. Smartphones capitalize on shared knowledge and has opened the door to inventors and those who have the knowledge to make our world a more connected place and lives easier by sharing it with us to use. We are able to communicate with other people far off, through space-time compression or shrinking-space to gather news and information.

Once again Apple has been the first to the market when it comes to new features such as the touch screen, which has helped to keep its competition at arms length. Like all other Apple products, the smartphone is seen by many consumers in the industry as fashionable and a must have. Also Apple’s online music store support has also been a huge lift to its smartphones, as consumers can download music and thousands of applications.

Compare the other retailers, logistics is an essential problem in e-commerce and e-business. Over country shipping and one-day shipping are more and more popular in the past years, like Amazon one day shipping, Amazon fresh keeps food in a good condition and deliver in a specific time. Retail leaders Amazon started same-day deliveries and drone shipping careers in 2015, but it hasn't expanded to all industry. The customer's satisfaction degree is closely connected with delivery ability, which makes the logistic problem more important.

2. Another factor to note is the availability of other electronic devices which has the same, if not better, functions than the smart phone. Eg. Digital camera can take better photos than smart phone, tablets can surf the web as well and the screen is bigger for reading.