Jordanian families spend on smartphone that violates the cost of basic needs …
Oman- Although he depends on his smartphone to accomplish many work and his daily life, government employee Imran Khalil complains about the high cost of his monthly expenses on an increasing mobile phone that is increasing a month later.
The cost of using a mobile phone is sometimes progressing than other basic requirements, and in our time the smartphone is no longer a means of entertainment or communication, but rather a combined part of the tissues of everyday life when imposing its presence in every home as a “life need”.
By increasing the cost of living and itching the wages of many families, the average of Jordanian families spending questions about monthly spending on smartphones, and this cost reflects the real requirements or the consumer cultural change.
The latest official statistics provided by the Public Statistics Department indicate that the average costs of Jordanian families on smartphones include 23.3 daily, using the Internet and the cost of maintaining and replacement of the device.
91.2 % of families shows that the data shows that the home has internet service, which reflects the lifestyle of the Internet to be fully dependent.
Al -ARP Mariam Salem, about 35 daily costs for the phone’s services, the smartphone is no longer a choice, but rather a need, and says: “All government transactions have changed electronic, so you need to have” internet “and” digital services “subscriptions, and this is not a small income.
Al -Qumsini Abu Omar, who was using the ground phone 20 years ago, no longer remembers the value of his expenses at that time: “During terrain phones, the fee was once a pattern, but the cost was currently back and expensive with smartphones.”
He added, “I am paying a monthly monthly for internet services and monthly telephone subscriptions. For me, my wife and my children at the university, this is one of the economic loads he is currently facing.
University student, Mohamed Abdel Haleem, does not find a smartphone, but rather a continuous study and learning equipment, and he says: “Since I entered the second year of the school, I started working somewhat, and its motivation was a month and a month with the bills for telephone and internet subscriptions.
Exaggeration in communications and costs for the Internet
For his part, socio -economist Hosam Aish, “It is necessary to use smartphones and the Internet because the Internet and these devices are part of the professional and social work and community in the community, except government services.”
At the same time, “there is an exaggeration of some families’ communications and the costs of the Internet by looking for more than one internet subscription and carrying more than one smart devices,” it has called for it to be reasonable to spend on smart devices and their goods.
In the light of the enormous growth of technology and the dependence on the IT, Aish insisted that the government and private sector companies need to develop new technologies for the Internet when using it for government service purposes.
Smartphones are no longer luxurious, but a life, education and professional needed
In turn, the Department of Telecommunication and Information Technology at the Jordan Chamber of Commerce, M. Heidam al -Rawjib believes that communication costs in the Internet and communication costs in Jordan are “compared to its cost in many countries of the region.”
Al -Rawjiba considered that the current cost of the Internet in Jordan and Jordan were logical and reasonable in exchange for the quality of the service based on the speed of the Internet and the quality of the Internet. Al -Rajub said, “Talk about smartphones and internet services is no longer an entertainment cost, but it has become an essential daily requirement,” indicates that the average cost of Jordanian families on the smartphone and the Internet reflects this change.
He added, “When the family spends an average of 23.3 a month on the smartphone, this is not a humble number compared to the average income, but this is logical because it has greatly relied on these devices in many fields.”
Al -Rawjiba pointed out that the highest percentage of Jordanian families reaches 91 %of the Internet and the Internet reflects on electricity and water, especially in education, work, government, financial and health services.
Al -Rawjib pointed out that the Internet and phones are no longer part of luxury, but rather that most Jordanians refer to these entire digital methods in the daily lifestyle, as there are requirements for staying and participating in contemporary society.
Statistical data
The results of the Information Technology Survey in Homes by 2023, which recently published by public statistics, 91.2 % of families have home internet service, and 3.8 % of families are using knowledge stations, and when searching for the reasons for families who use these stations, it appeared to be 69.2 % for the use of the Internet.
And 35.2 % of training and 11.8 % of university requests or national aid, 13.2 % to distance education, while the e -government industry reached 9.2 %. The survey indicated that 18.4 % of families were dealing with private post and 5 % of the Jordanian post, as the average monthly expenditure of families reached 5 Jordanian daily and 23 Jordanian daily, respectively.
According to public statistics, the percentage of families is mobile phone and television
The computer has 98 %, 29 % of families respectively.
