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Many people use their smartphones to video chat. Popular video chat apps
include Skype and FaceTime.
Social media and messaging apps can also connect people
from across the country and around the world.
But there are negatives that come with the convenience
and efficiency the smartphone brings. Researcher Valentina
Rotondi explains, “[The smartphone] can simultaneously
satisfy the need to make a phone call, take a photo, pay
a bill, listen to music, watch a video, use the Internet,
chat through social networks and, more generally, be
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