I have my doubts if smartphones can ever cost the same as regular phones. Like @ams6110 said smartphones come cheaper only after it is contracted with a 2 yrs d

I have my doubts if smartphones can ever cost the same as regular phones. Like @ams6110 said smartphones come cheaper only after it is contracted with a 2 yrs data plan, cause this would only make $$$ sense for both the carrier and the manufacturer. ps: I own a iPhone 4 which come heavily subsidized with a 2 yr data plan and a $35 non-smartphone which I bought, without any long term contract. Also, another issue with smartphone is the battery life. They drain out really fast, finding a charger recharge a mobile twice a day just dun make sense in quite a lot of places in the world. Till these issues are resolved, and unless countries are willingly to upgrade of their telecommunication infrastructure, my guess is that smartphones and non-smartphones are likely to coexist for a quite number of years. Sure, developed countries will continue to upgrade to something like Japan and South Korea.