Touch screens are actually great — for now. They facilitate for immediate, responsive, and efficient interactions with our smart phones. In recent years, companies have been trying to move towards voice control as an alternative/supplemental mode of input. Though the technology has been available for years, voice control still does not feel as convenient, efficient, and useful compared to touch screens. Sure, it’s lovely to be able to holler at Siri and ask her to read you your notifications while you’re in the shower. However, I still do not see voice control becoming something that users could fully integrate and replace touch gestures with. For one thing, it’s definitely not as discrete/private as touch and that would be a problem when in the public. Until the next great interactive technological advancement takes place, the touch screen is probably the best option we have.