How would not owning a cell phone affect your daily life? In today’s society, everything is only a click away. At first this was just because of the computer, but with the invention of the smart phone a click away has became a touch. It has been said that cell phones are the best invention of our time. Cell phones have become something like another limb in the way that they are always with us. Although owning a cell phone has some good benefits, there are three critical reasons for not owning a cell phone such as, finances, health, and how we treat others. Saving money is a benefit of not owning a cell phone. A family cell phone plan can cost families to spend hundreds of dollars on the phone. Some families like to have extra features on their phone, such as internet, picture message, ring back tones, and more. Having those features on phones cost extra and the phone bill will increase. With some jobs being cut, cell phones can affect the economy. People that have no jobs or people with low income will have to struggle to pay their bills because they will not have enough to pay their finances. According to the National Cancer Institute Exposure to ionizing radiation, such as from radiation therapy is known to increase the risk of cancer. Their studies have also showed when people used a cell phone for 50 minutes, brain tissues on the same side of the head as the phone’s antenna metabolized more glucose than did tissues on the opposite side of the brain. Radiofrequency energy is a form of electromagnetic radiation. “Www.cancer.gov/cancer topics/factsheet/Risk/cell phones.” Cyber bullying can be