> Ten years ago, the modern smartphone did not exist, and now I bet you don’t want to live without one. The smartphone example does not fit. Very few needed t

> Ten years ago, the modern smartphone did not exist, and now I bet you don’t want to live without one. The smartphone example does not fit. Very few needed to be manipulated into buying one. You've got to have a phone, whether it's a smartphone, a feature phone, or even a land line phone. Unless extraneous circumstances dictate otherwise, a phone is a necessity.