Abstract—With the rapid changes occurring in the last twenty five years, mobile phone technology has influenced every aspect of life. Technological developments within the Internet and mobile phone areas have not only changed communication practices; it has also changed the everyday life practices of individuals. This article has focused on understanding how people’s communication practices and everyday life practices have changed with the smartphone usage. The study was conducted by using in-depth interview method and the research was conducted on twenty Turkish Cypriots who live in Northern Cyprus. According to the research results, communicating via Internet has rapidly replaced face to face communication in recent years. However, results have changed according to generations. Younger generations can easily adapt themselves to technological changes because they are already gaining everyday life practices right now. However, the older generations practices are already present in their everyday life. Keywords—Face to face communication, internet, mobile technologies, North Cyprus. I. INTRODUCTION IRSTLY the transition from fixed telephony to mobile telephony has been experienced; then the transition from mobile telephony to smartphones have been experienced for the last twenty years. Fixed, mobile and smartphones are still being used these days. After Apple launched iPhone to the market in 2007 everything about mobile technology has changed. Apart from being a mobile phone, the iPhone brought together both the large and touchscreen iPod and the internet. After getting started with using the Android operating system, Samsung has made quite a sound with the phones in different models that were presented to the market. Samsung, which breaks records in smartphone sales, has a big share in this sector. Prevalence in the smartphone use have been affected almost in every area throughout the world including; business strategies, way to access information, interpersonal communications, everyday life practices, political issues, economic issues, social issues, etc. The financial power of the individual, the infrastructure, and the regulation of the country are the main factors which determine the usage capacity of technology in a country. If the situational factors which are identified above are convenient in countries, the behavioral patterns, consumption habits, information gathering ways, everyday life practices, communication ways and many other N. Ö. is with the Near East University, Faculty of Communication, Nicosia Northern Cyprus (phone: +90533-839-3669; fax: +90392-680-2040; e-mail: nuran_oze@ yahoo.com). thing have changed by the opportunities which are provided by the Internet. Many communication applications such as visual conversations, texting via internet, voice calls are now being used via smartphones. Motivated by the impacts of smartphone usage on the change in communication practices and change in daily life practices, this study aims to expand the research literature on the effects of smartphone usage on the social ties and on the face to face (FtF) relationships. The study was conducted by using in-depth interview methods and having interviews with 20 people. The in-depth interview was conducted to get detailed information from the participants as a research method. Each generation does not get affected from technological developments in the same way, that is the reason for attempting to establish such an age range in the research. Communicating with each other (FtF, via internet) is in the scope of interpersonal communication. Interpersonal communication subject is the matter of private space. To get satisfactory and detailed answers, in-depth interview was the correct research method to practice. Participants of the research were 20 Turkish Cypriots who live in Northern Cyprus. The research was held within 1 st -31 st July 2016 period. Cyprus is an island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea which has been divided into two parts as south and north after the war in 1974. In the south side, Greek Cypriots and in the north side Turkish Cypriot live. This study has focused on the Turkish Cypriot society living in Northern Cyprus. Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus was declared in 1983. Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is not recognized by any country except Turkey. This results in the isolation of Northern Cyprus economically and politically all over the world [1]. The mobile phone was introduced to North Cyprus in 1994. However penetration of mobile phone throughout North Cyprus was slow until 1999. Penetration of mobile phone in North Cyprus happened after second GSM operator entered into the field. Humphreys’ point of view about telecommunication is important in this point. Humphreys [2] thinks on the one hand telecommunications allow people to connect with the others who are away; on the other hand it causes a reduction in giving importance to connecting with the closest people. He argued that geographic distance has overcome with the implication of internet to mobile phones. According to the research results [2], communicating via Internet has an effect on changing the way of interpersonal communication in recent Nuran Öze Communication and Devices: Face to Face Communication versus Communication with Mobile Technologies F World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology International Journal of Social, Behavioral, Educational, Economic, Business and Industrial Engineering Vol:11, No:4, 2017 948 International Scholarly and Scientific Research & Innovation 11(4) 2017 scholar.waset.org/1999.10/10007139 International Science Index, Humanities and Social Sciences Vol:11, No:4, 2017 waset.org/Publication/10007139