Can't understand why people in concerts are on their phone all the time

i will take the occasional picture but other than that ill enjoy the event

I hate selfies....I don't take them and once I know what you look like I will not care about any of your selfies.

I never take selfies anyway, but at concerts or at any event, I take two pictures maximum. I don't see anything wrong with that, just capturing the memory, but people who are on their phones non-stop. That's a tad annoying.

We are unfortunately a "pics or it didn't happen" society now

"Lets watch the rain video that we took last year" said no one.

yes, you are the only one. The precious snowflake one in a trilion.

What if you want to enjoy the event and later on remember it when you've forgotten most of your youth?

Yeeesss! I admit I take a short video of a favorite song maybe but i have seen people take selfies, take videos of themselves singing and just plain look at facebook. It is distracting when they have the giant phone and bright light. So annoying. Why pay for a concert!?

It's a constant struggle for me... I'm going to a Coldplay concert in August and I'm actually really struggling to decide what im gonna dooooo... (If you don't know what their concerts look like google "coldplay live 2012")

Was just at Disney world. People spend thousands of dollars to go take selfies and record fireworks and the rides rather than enjoying the experience. Had several people with video flash on during fireworks and coasters, wanted to friggin hit them for being so rude to everyone.

My first concert was Taylor Swift RED tour and i took hundreds of pics, i even thought about angle, light and everything so my pics all looked like from a pro camera BUT i realized i didnt remember how the concert felt like. So on my second concert, her 1989 tour i didnt take any pic. Zero pic. I only took two pics wayyy before it started. The result: i remember the concert very well and how it felt like, i thought i couldve just asked my friends about the concert photos.

I go to a lot of concerts but I'm 5'1 so I just hold my arm up with my phone while taking a video so I can watch them later. I wish I could just have fun but I can never see over the people in front of me

Pssssssst, you can do both